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Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China
This study addresses students’ perceptions of using urban green spaces (UGSs) after the easing of COVID-19 lockdown in China. We questioned whether they are still mindful of the risks from the outdoor gathering, or conversely, starting to learn the restoration benefits from the green spaces. Online...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168601 |
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author | Liu, Jiayi Peng, Zhikai Cai, Xiaoxi Peng, You Li, Jiang Feng, Tao |
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description | This study addresses students’ perceptions of using urban green spaces (UGSs) after the easing of COVID-19 lockdown in China. We questioned whether they are still mindful of the risks from the outdoor gathering, or conversely, starting to learn the restoration benefits from the green spaces. Online self-reported surveys were distributed to the Chinese students aging from 14 to 30 who study in Hunan and Jiangsu Provinces, China. We finally obtained 608 complete and valid questionnaire forms from all participants. Their intentions of visiting UGSs were investigated based on the extended theory of planned behavior model. Structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypothesized psychological model. The results have shown good estimation performance on risk perception and perceived knowledge to explain the variances in their attitudes, social norms, and perceived behavior control. Among these three endogenous variables, the perceived behavior control owns the greatest and positive influence on the behavioral intention, inferring that controllability is crucial for students to make decisions of visiting green spaces in a post-pandemic context. |
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spelling | pubmed-83943262021-08-28 Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China Liu, Jiayi Peng, Zhikai Cai, Xiaoxi Peng, You Li, Jiang Feng, Tao Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study addresses students’ perceptions of using urban green spaces (UGSs) after the easing of COVID-19 lockdown in China. We questioned whether they are still mindful of the risks from the outdoor gathering, or conversely, starting to learn the restoration benefits from the green spaces. Online self-reported surveys were distributed to the Chinese students aging from 14 to 30 who study in Hunan and Jiangsu Provinces, China. We finally obtained 608 complete and valid questionnaire forms from all participants. Their intentions of visiting UGSs were investigated based on the extended theory of planned behavior model. Structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypothesized psychological model. The results have shown good estimation performance on risk perception and perceived knowledge to explain the variances in their attitudes, social norms, and perceived behavior control. Among these three endogenous variables, the perceived behavior control owns the greatest and positive influence on the behavioral intention, inferring that controllability is crucial for students to make decisions of visiting green spaces in a post-pandemic context. MDPI 2021-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8394326/ /pubmed/34444350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168601 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Jiayi Peng, Zhikai Cai, Xiaoxi Peng, You Li, Jiang Feng, Tao Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China |
title | Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China |
title_full | Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China |
title_fullStr | Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China |
title_short | Students’ Intention of Visiting Urban Green Spaces after the COVID-19 Lockdown in China |
title_sort | students’ intention of visiting urban green spaces after the covid-19 lockdown in china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168601 |
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