Physiological and Psychological Effects of Forest Environment

• Main Authors: Yen-Chen Chao, 趙彥琛
• Other Authors: Chia-Pin Yu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74968166871401404772

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 森林環境暨資源學研究所 === 103 === This study aims to explore the differences between forest environment and urban environment from physiological and psychological perspective. Heart rate variability (HRV) was selected for physiological indicator. For psychological indicators, life stress scale of college students, profile of mood state (POMS) and semantic differential (SD) scale were selected. Researchers estimated physiological and psychological effects with the indicators above at urban setting (main campus of National Taiwan University) and forest environment (Fong-Huang and Heshe natural education areas). A total of 16 students were recruited for physiological experiment. Additionally, there were 60 subjects in psychological experiment that administrated with questionnaire survey. The result showed that autonomic nervous activity found no significant difference between urban and forest environments. Respondents reported three facets of life stress, school works, interpersonal relationships, and love life, were found significant differences. There were significant differences at six facets of POMS, they are confusion, fatigue, anger, tension, depression, and vigor. Additionally, researchers found that the students had different perceptions of campus environment and forest environment through semantic differential analysis.