Psychological Healing Change of Workers Following After the Experiencing Indoor Garden Installation

Jang, Hye Sook; Gim, Gyung Mee; Jung, Hyun Hwan

doi:10.11628/ksppe.2017.20.4.373

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“…For example, mobile allotments, such as those created by the arts and environment project Avant Gardening [75] can be installed on vacant lots to provide communities with a foraging hub, and easily moved if the land status changes. It is also important to note that in addition to the potential of health-inducing microbial exchange, community gardening can generate other health and wellbeing benefits (e.g., through physical exercise, psychological restoration and nature connectedness) and enhance social cohesion [76,77].…”

Section: Microbiome-inspired Green Infrastructure-cultural and Ancestmentioning

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Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health

2018

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Principles of ecology apply at myriad scales, including within the human body and the intertwined macro and microscopic ecosystems that we depend upon for survival. The conceptual principles of dysbiosis (‘life in distress’) also apply to different realms of life—our microbiome, the macro environment and the socioeconomic domain. Viewing the human body as a holobiont—a host plus billions of microbial organisms working symbiotically to form a functioning ecological unit—has the potential to enhance personal and planetary health. We discuss this ecological perspective in our paper. We also discuss the proposals to rewild the microbiome, innovative microbiome-inspired green infrastructure (MIGI) and the basis of prescribing ‘doses of nature’. Particular emphasis is given to MIGI—a collective term for the design and management of innovative living urban features that could potentially enhance public health via health-inducing microbial interactions. This concept builds upon the microbiome rewilding hypothesis. Mounting evidence points to the importance of microbial diversity in maintaining favorable health. Moreover, connecting with nature—both physically and psychologically–has been shown to enhance our health and wellbeing. However, we still need to understand the underlying mechanisms, and optimal types and levels of exposure. This paper adds to other recent calls for the inclusion of the environment-microbiome-health axis in nature–human health research. Recognizing that all forms of life—both the seen and the unseen—are in some way connected (ecologically, socially, evolutionarily), paves the way to valuing reciprocity in the nature–human relationship. It is with a holistic and symbiotic perspective that we can begin to integrate strategies and address connected issues of human and environmental health. The prospective strategies discussed in our paper focus on enhancing our connections with the natural world, and ultimately aim to help address the global challenge of halting and reversing dysbiosis in all its manifestations.

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Section: Microbiome-inspired Green Infrastructure-cultural and Ancestmentioning

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Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health

2018

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“…The questionnaire was composed of the following items: awareness of the importance of indoor foliage plants, and their frequency and differences between age groups; expectations on the therapeutic effects of indoor foliage plants (5 questions: Cronbach's α=0.758) to analyze the correlation between the importance of and loyalty towards plants; and emotional reactions and preference for the 8 indoor foliage plants and preference for the colors of leaves. Subjects' expectations on the therapeutic effects of indoor foliage plants were assessed with 5 questions using Likert 4-point scale (1 point: extremely not, 4 points: extremely so) (Jang et al, 2015(Jang et al, , 2017Kim, 2012) to analyze the correlation between the importance of and loyalty towards plants. Loyalty is defined as the level of consumers' positive feelings towards products or services (Dick and Basu, 1994) that are measured based on consumers' intention of purchase and behaviors (Lee, 2003).…”

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“…Loyalty is defined as the level of consumers' positive feelings towards products or services (Dick and Basu, 1994) that are measured based on consumers' intention of purchase and behaviors (Lee, 2003). The scale of consumers' loyalty developed by Gremler (1995) was revised according to the circumstances of indoor foliage plants (Jang et al, 2011(Jang et al, , 2017. It was assessed with a total of 5 questions using Likert 5-point scale (Zeisel, 1981).…”

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The Importance of Indoor Foliage Plants and Human Emotions to Indoor Foliage Plants

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Gim²,

Jeong³

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J. People Plants Environ

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This study was conducted to find out the sensibility reaction and importance with the visual element of indoor foliage plants in the survey of 216 participants. The eight kinds of leaf display plants were purchased and presented on white pot. The eight kinds of plant were included in '50 varieties of indoor foliage plants' announced by NASA and also easy to manage. The correlation between sensibility reaction, importance, loyalty to foliage plants and the expectation of therapeutic effect was investigated and analyzed by preference and Semantic Differential Scaling. Among importance factors of indoor foliage plant, the environmental, esthetic and emotional relaxation were high and the environmental and emotional relaxation were treated as important factors to age 40s or over especially. The result on the correlation between the expectation of therapeutic effect and, importance and loyalty of indoor foliage plant showed that the 'emotional relaxation' and 'increasing natural healing power of body' were correlated highest. In addition, significant correlation was shown statistically in five questions of expectation of therapeutic effect and loyalty. Especially, high correlation was shown in expectation of psychological stability effect of indoor foliage plant and working in an office where the indoor landscaping is created well. Significant differences were shown statistically with the emotional reactions between eight plants and "Comfortable", "Pleasant", "Calm", "Bright", and "Sharp" were representative emotional reactions to plants. Anthurium andraeanum cv. was the most preferred out of eight plants and Spathiphyllum spp.> Ficus benjamina > Dypsis lutescens > Dracaena marginata > Rhapis excelsa > Hedera helix > Aglaonema commutatum was the order after. The most preferred leaf color of foliage plants was green. Recently, the environmental factors such as micro dust, stress and depression has been magnified and the stress relief, emotional relaxation and psychological stability effects of indoor foliage plants support the usefulness of them.

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“…This has led to a higher interest in landscaped spaces inside buildings, such as courtyards, as aids to manage mental health. In addition, several studies on healing gardens in Korea have shown that courtyards and internal gardens provide mental health benefits: in some instances, there have been correlations between landscape factors-such as plant type (Jung and Park, 2017), improvements in air quality (Jang et al, 2017), and interactions between nature and humans (Ahn and Park, 2018)-and mental health. However, Cheon and Lee (2016) asserted the need to quantitatively determine correlations between mental health and various landscape factors in healing gardens.…”

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Determining Correlation between Experiences of a Sensory Courtyard and DAS (Depression, Anxiety and Stress)

Nam

Kim

2021

J. People Plants Environ

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Background and objective: There is growing concern about the effects of modern society on mental health, coming with Covid-19-related caveats on depression, anxiety, and stress (DAS). This can be a subject to provide alternative methods which alleviate DAS. In line with this context, sensory gardens are widely acknowledged to stimulate the five major senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) and can have a significant (positive) impact on mental health. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the effect of these gardens with regard to alleviating DAS - particularly with respect to urban society This is a gab in knowledge how such limits can be addressed. Accordingly, this present study is clearly needed in order to verify if there are any correlations between sensory gardens and (positive) effects on DAS. The aim of this study was therefore to understand current levels of DAS in a high density building with a sensory garden in a courtyard and determine correlations between experiences in the sensory courtyard and levels of DAS. Methods: The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was employed to test the level of DAS. Results: Additionally, 13 different factors associated with experiences in the building, including the stimulation of the five major senses in the sensory courtyard, were measured to reveal their contribution to mitigating depression, anxiety, and stress. It is noted that the average levels of DAS were 7.91, 7.77 and 9.01 respectively indicating that the mental health of participants requires mental health management. However, results show that factors associated with the sensory courtyard could improve mental health. For example, new social relationships, walking with colleagues, and the stimulation of each of the five major senses in the sensory garden could improve DAS. Conclusion: This illustrates that external experiences are more effective at mitigating depression, anxiety, and stress than internal ones. Factor analysis revealed four components: stimulating the five senses; internal and external facilities; internet-based device use; and new social relationships. There was a strong positive correlation between new social relationships and walking with colleagues. There were also strong positive correlations among the stimulation of each of the five senses. In conclusion, there are strong indications that sensory courtyards can help alleviate DAS and should therefore be promoted, particularly in the current Covid-19 situation wherein the physical and mental health of the public at large are threatened. Accordingly, courtyard design should be rethought in light of the relationship between the positive impact of sensory gardens and mental health.

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Psychological Healing Change of Workers Following After the Experiencing Indoor Garden Installation

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health

Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health

The Importance of Indoor Foliage Plants and Human Emotions to Indoor Foliage Plants

Determining Correlation between Experiences of a Sensory Courtyard and DAS (Depression, Anxiety and Stress)

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