Greening the classroom: Three field experiments on the effects of indoor nature on students' attention, well-being, and perceived environmental quality

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作者
van den Bogerd, Nicole [1 ]
Dijkstra, S. Coosje [1 ]
Tanja-Dijkstra, Karin [2 ]
de Boer, Michiel R. [1 ]
Seidell, Jacob C. [1 ]
Koole, Sander L. [3 ]
Maas, Jolanda [3 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Sci, Dept Hlth Sci, Amsterdam Publ Hlth Res Inst, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Sax Univ Appl Sci, Res Grp Nursing, Enschede, Netherlands
[3] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Behav & Movement Sci, Dept Clin Neuro & Dev Psychol, Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
Restorative environments; Wellbeing; Potted plants; Green space; Classroom; TASK-PERFORMANCE; FOLIAGE PLANT; HIGH-SCHOOL; HEALTH; STRESS; EXPOSURE; BENEFITS; IMPACT; PERCEPTIONS; PREVALENCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106675
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
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0813 ;
摘要
Prior work has shown beneficial effects of indoor nature (e.g. potted plants, green walls) on attention, health, and well-being for various groups, including students. The aim of this paper was to examine whether these effects also emerge when students attend a single lecture in a classroom with indoor nature. Three longitudinal field experiments, conducted at a university (N = 70), secondary school (N = 213), and a secondary vocational school (N = 161), examined students' attention, well-being, health complaints, lecture evaluation, and perceived environmental quality with attentional tests and questionnaires. Perceived environmental quality of classrooms with (rather than without) indoor nature was consistently rated more favourably. Secondary education students also reported greater attention, lecture evaluation, and teacher evaluation after one lecture in classrooms with indoor nature compared to the classroom without. There were no straightforward intervention effects on wellbeing and health complaints. Although this research provides some support for indoor nature in classrooms, attending only one lecture in a classroom with indoor nature does not seem to provide immediate effects on health and well-being.
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