When the World Is Closing In: Effects of Perceived Room Brightness and Communicated Threat During Patient-Physician Interaction

Okken, V.S.; Rompay, Thomas Johannes Lucas van; Pruyn, Adriaan T.H.

doi:10.1177/193758671300700104

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“…These combined findings suggest that when the aim is to stimulate social interactions amongst people who are socially withdrawn (i.e., alone) or hesitant to engage in social interaction, spacious nature scenes might be particularly effective. These findings corroborate previous research showing that spacious (indoor) environments stimulate interpersonal communication (i.e., self-disclosure- [52,53]). Additionally, it is worth mentioning that the difference between spacious and dense scenes was particularly prominent when the dense scene appeared after the spacious scene, hinting at the importance of order of appearance and related contrast effects.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

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Does Digital Nature Enhance Social Aspirations? An Experimental Study

Houwelingen-Snippe

Rompay

Jong

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Loneliness and social isolation are increasingly recognized as important challenges of our times. Inspired by research hinting at beneficial effects of interacting with nature on social connectedness and opportunities provided by ambient technology to simulate nature in a rich and engaging manner, this study explored to what extent digital nature projections can stimulate social aspirations and related emotions. To this end, participants (N = 96) were asked to watch, individually or in pairs, digital nature projections consisting of animated scenes which were either dense or spacious and depicting either wild or tended nature. Subsequently, they filled out a questionnaire comprising measures for social aspirations, awe and fascination. Results show that spacious scenes elicited significantly higher social aspiration and awe scores, especially when watching alone. Design implications are discussed for making digital nature accessible for people with limited access to real nature.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Does Digital Nature Enhance Social Aspirations? An Experimental Study

Houwelingen-Snippe

Rompay

Jong

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…Further, Gifford (1988) found that more intimate communication takes place in bright compared to dim lighting conditions. In yet another study ( Okken et al, 2013 ) investigating the level of disclosure between patient and physician, it was found that in situations of high perceived threat (to health), brightly lit consulting rooms elicited greater positive affective experiences and greater intended self-disclosure due to an increase in perceived spaciousness caused by brightness of light.…”

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Can Lighting Influence Self-Disclosure?

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With the advent of social networks where people disclose a lot of their information and opinions publicly, this research attempted to re-look at the effect of environmental lighting on willingness and actual disclosure of personal information. Previous literatures mostly addressed counseling setups and the findings were mixed. In order to clarify the effect of lighting on self-disclosure, two experiments were conducted with reported willingness to disclose (Experiment 1) as well as actual disclosure (Experiment 2) on a range of topics like social issues, body, money, work, and personality. While quite a handful of studies have reported differences in disclosure from very subtle environmental lighting manipulations, in both experiments we could not find any effect of ambient room lighting conditions on self-disclosure. These results call for caution both in over-interpreting subtle environmental effects and in increased generalization of perceptual metaphors to actual behavior.

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“…This suggests that simple manipulations increasing merely the perceived spaciousness may positively affect the interview. In this study, we looked at room size and seating distances, yet there are other aspects – related to architecture and interior design – that influence interviewee’s perceptions of spaciousness which remain to be tested within an investigative interview context, for example, lighting (Gifford, ; Okken, Rompay, & Pruyn, a, b) as well as the room’s colour (Oberfeld, Hecht & Gamer, ) and ceiling height (Meyers‐Levy & Zhu, ).…”

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The influence of room spaciousness on investigative interviews

Hoogesteyn

Meijer

Vrij

2019

Legal Criminol Psychol

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Purpose The quality of information obtained from investigative interviews largely relies on the quality of communication between the interviewee and interviewer. One aspect of the communication process that has yet to be well examined is the environment in which the interviews take place. The present study examined the influence of physical spaciousness, manipulated as room size and interpersonal sitting distance between interviewer and interviewee on the disclosure of crime‐related information, as well as perceptions of rapport and overall interview experience. Methods Participants engaged in a virtual reality scenario depicting a crime and were interviewed as suspects in either a larger or smaller room, at a closer or larger distance. Results Results showed no links between room size and sitting distance on disclosure rates. However, an exploratory analysis did reveal that participants interviewed in the larger room reported more positive interview experience in terms of spaciousness, and consequently higher perceptions of rapport, compared to those interviewed in the small room. Conclusions We found evidence against an influence of room size and interpersonal distance on disclosure. Still, our study does provide initial evidence that manipulating room size in an interview context could positively impact rapport‐building.

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When the World Is Closing In: Effects of Perceived Room Brightness and Communicated Threat During Patient-Physician Interaction

Abstract: Lighting, patients, physicians, satisfaction.

Cited by 21 publications

References 47 publications

Does Digital Nature Enhance Social Aspirations? An Experimental Study

Does Digital Nature Enhance Social Aspirations? An Experimental Study

Can Lighting Influence Self-Disclosure?

The influence of room spaciousness on investigative interviews

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