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Is it Really Nature That Restores People? A Comparison With Historical Sites With High Restorative Potential

Research on restorative environments has showed the healthy outcomes of nature experience, though often by comparing attractive natural to unattractive built environments. Some studies indeed showed the restorative value of artistic/historical settings. In a quasi-experimental study involving 125 pa...

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Autores principales: Scopelliti, Massimiliano, Carrus, Giuseppe, Bonaiuto, Marino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6360171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30745891
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02742
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author Scopelliti, Massimiliano
Carrus, Giuseppe
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description Research on restorative environments has showed the healthy outcomes of nature experience, though often by comparing attractive natural to unattractive built environments. Some studies indeed showed the restorative value of artistic/historical settings. In a quasi-experimental study involving 125 participants in Rome, Italy, a natural and a built/historical environment, both scoring high in restorative properties, were evaluated in a natural, built/historical, or neutral setting. In accordance with the Biophilia hypothesis and the Attention Restoration Theory (ART), we hypothesized: a higher restorative potential of nature also when compared to built/historical environments; a moderation effect of on-site experience on perceived restorative potential (PRP) of both environmental typologies; higher levels of restorative properties of the environment for on-site vs. not on-site respondents; and a mediation effect of the restorative properties of the environment in the relationship between time spent on-site and PRP. Results supported the hypotheses. In addition, different psychological processes leading to restoration emerged for the natural and the built/historical environment. Theoretical implications for ART and practical applications for an integrative urban design with natural and historical elements are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-63601712019-02-11 Is it Really Nature That Restores People? A Comparison With Historical Sites With High Restorative Potential Scopelliti, Massimiliano Carrus, Giuseppe Bonaiuto, Marino Front Psychol Psychology Research on restorative environments has showed the healthy outcomes of nature experience, though often by comparing attractive natural to unattractive built environments. Some studies indeed showed the restorative value of artistic/historical settings. In a quasi-experimental study involving 125 participants in Rome, Italy, a natural and a built/historical environment, both scoring high in restorative properties, were evaluated in a natural, built/historical, or neutral setting. In accordance with the Biophilia hypothesis and the Attention Restoration Theory (ART), we hypothesized: a higher restorative potential of nature also when compared to built/historical environments; a moderation effect of on-site experience on perceived restorative potential (PRP) of both environmental typologies; higher levels of restorative properties of the environment for on-site vs. not on-site respondents; and a mediation effect of the restorative properties of the environment in the relationship between time spent on-site and PRP. Results supported the hypotheses. In addition, different psychological processes leading to restoration emerged for the natural and the built/historical environment. Theoretical implications for ART and practical applications for an integrative urban design with natural and historical elements are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6360171/ /pubmed/30745891 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02742 Text en Copyright © 2019 Scopelliti, Carrus and Bonaiuto. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short Is it Really Nature That Restores People? A Comparison With Historical Sites With High Restorative Potential
title_sort is it really nature that restores people? a comparison with historical sites with high restorative potential
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6360171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30745891
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02742
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