Nature Gives Us Strength: Exposure to Nature Counteracts Ego-Depletion

Chow, Jason T.; Lau, Shun

doi:10.1080/00224545.2014.972310

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“…Mayer et al, 2009;Hartig et al, 2003;see Buzzell & Chalquist, 2009). Recent research also finds that exposure to nature counteracts the negative effect of ego-depletion on selfcontrol performance (Chow & Lau, 2015). The present findings that ostracized people desire to connect to nature may imply that exposure to nature may ameliorate the pain and negative consequences of ostracism.…”

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Desiring to connect to nature: The effect of ostracism on ecological behavior

Poon

Teng

Chow

et al. 2015

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Desiring to connect to nature: The effect of ostracism on ecological behavior

Poon

Teng

Chow

et al. 2015

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…According to Kaplan (1995) , these two types of fascination coexist. Soft fascination, characterized by moderate intensity, is experienced in aesthetically pleasant environments, whereas hard fascination is much more intense and appears in more attentionally demanding environments ( Heintzman, 2002 ), such as an exciting NBA match ( Chow and Lau, 2015 ). In our study, natural sounds could have supported restoration by inducing soft fascination in contrast to urban sounds evoking hard fascination.…”

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Restorative Qualities of and Preference for Natural and Urban Soundscapes

Krzywicka

Byrka

2017

Front. Psychol.

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Psychological restoration in urban agglomerations has become a growing challenge. Although scientific proof of the significance of nature is irrefutable, an increase in built-up areas has led to a decrease in urban greenery. Thus, a growing need for restorativeness in urban surroundings has emerged. To investigate whether positively evaluated sonic environments, represented by natural and urban sounds, have comparable restorative qualities we conducted two studies. The aim of the first (Study 1) was to explore the restorative qualities of positively assessed natural and urban sounds. Participants (N = 88) were asked to listen and to rate 22 recordings (each 1 min long) either from natural or urban environments. In the second (Study 2) we investigated whether positively evaluated sonic environments (natural and urban), demand for restoration (feeling relaxed or fatigued) and company (being alone or with a friend) affect the restorative qualities of natural and urban soundscapes. After reading assigned scenarios (feeling relaxed or fatigued; being alone or with a friend), participants (N = 120) were asked to imagine a walk in presented sonic environments and to complete forms (one for each sonic environment) concerning the restorative qualities of given soundscapes (natural and urban). Top five recordings of natural and urban sonic environments were selected from Study 1 and combined into a 154-s soundtrack, to provide a background for the imagined walks in both settings. Our findings confirmed that natural sounds are perceived more favorably than urban recordings. Even when only the most positively assessed soundscapes were compared, nature was still perceived as being more restorative than urban areas. Company of a friend was found to be more beneficial in the urban surroundings, particularly when there was no need for restoration.

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“…With regard to the work and the workplace, Lee et al (2015) found that a forty second view of green roof can restore attention, similarly Chow and Lau (2015) found that people exposed to photos of nature restored their 'inner-strength' after depletion to have greater persistence in logic and reasoning tasks. Lottrup, Grahn and Stigsdotter (2012) found a significant relationship between decreased stress and workplace attitude, and visual and physical access to workplace greenery.…”

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Nature: a new paradigm for well-being and ergonomics

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Nature is presented as a new paradigm for ergonomics. As a discipline concerned with well-being the importance of natural environments for wellness should be part of ergonomics knowledge and practise. This position is supported by providing a concise summary of the evidence of the value of the natural environment to well-being.Further, an emerging body of research has found relationships between well-being and a connection to nature, a concept that reveals the integrative character of human experience which can inform wider practice and epistemology in ergonomics.Practitioners are encouraged to bring nature into the workplace, so that ergonomics keeps pace with the move to nature-based solutions, but also as a necessity in the current ecological and social context. Keywords: Nature, health, well-being, ergonomics.Practitioner Summary: Nature-based solutions are coming to the fore to address societal challenges such as well-being. As ergonomics is concerned with well-being there is a need for a paradigm shift in the discipline. This position is supported by providing a concise summary of the evidence of the value of the natural environment to well-being.3

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Nature Gives Us Strength: Exposure to Nature Counteracts Ego-Depletion

Cited by 44 publications

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Desiring to connect to nature: The effect of ostracism on ecological behavior

Desiring to connect to nature: The effect of ostracism on ecological behavior

Restorative Qualities of and Preference for Natural and Urban Soundscapes

Nature: a new paradigm for well-being and ergonomics

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