Alone or with a friend : A social context for psychological restoration and environmental preferences

By H. Staats, T. Hartig. 2004

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing

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Health benefits of nature experience: Psychological, social and cultural processes (2011, background): “(2003), (Staats and Hartig 2004; Hartig and Staats 2006) found in a series of experiments that the difference in preference expressed for a forest walk over a walk in a city was larger when there was a greater need for restoration.”
The mental and physical health outcomes of green exercise (2005, background): “Most studies of this type have used still photographs, mainly comparing urban with rural scenes (Honeyman 1992; Schroeder 1995; Purcell & Lamb 1998; Staats & Hartig 2004), and all have consistently shown reduced stress and improved mental well-being in the presence of nature scenes.”
An Exploration of Relationships Among the Responses to Natural Scenes (2010, background): “…as attentionally fatigued or refreshed prior to allowing them to view slides that simulate a walk through a natural or urban setting, the researchers found that attentional fatigue resulted in an increasing preference for natural over built environment (Staats et al., 2003; Staats & Hartig, 2004).”
Preference for Nature in Urbanized Societies: Stress, Restoration, and the Pursuit of Sustainability (2007, background): “…hypothesis in a series of three experiments, in which we manipulated degree of attentional fatigue to examine how the attitude toward walking in natural and urban environments varied with the need for restoration (Hartig & Staats, 2006; Staats & Hartig, 2004; Staats, Kieviet, & Hartig, 2003).”
The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone. (2013, background): “This highlights two domains that have endured as consistently ascribed benefits to spending time alone, namely that solitude is an important and unique context for restoration (Staats & Hartig, 2004) and personal growth (Maslow, 1968).”
Children’s Restorative Experiences and Self-Reported Environmental Behaviors (2015, background): “As a general trend, based on ART (R. Kaplan & Kaplan, 1989) and wide empirical evidence (e.g., Bagot et al., 2007; Johansson, Hartig, & Staats, 2011; R. Kaplan, 2001; R. Kaplan & Kaplan, 2011; Staats & Hartig, 2004), it is assumed that contact with nature implies psychological restoration.”
Does perceived restorativeness mediate the effects of perceived biodiversity and perceived naturalness on emotional well-being following group walks in nature? (2016, background): “Finally, the study’s data focuses on the individual's experience within the context of group walks, which might differ from an individual's experience of the environment alone (Duvall, 2010b; Staats & Hartig, 2004; White, Pahl, Ashbullby, Herbert, & Depledge, 2013).”
Experiencing the Restorative Components of Wilderness Environments: Does Congestion Interfere and Does Length of Exposure Matter? (2010, background): “Given the finding of Staats and Hartig (2004) that being totally alone is more restorative than being with just one other person, provided one feels safe, it is possible that results would have been different had very lightly used wilderness locations been studied as well.”