ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
Nature-Based Guided Imagery as an Intervention for State Anxiety.
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- Investigating the Impact of Guided Imagery on Stress, Brain Functions, and Attention: A Randomized Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Trial
- Effect of guided imagery relaxation on anxiety in cervical cancer: randomized clinical trial.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Trial
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- The Hidden Cost of High Aspirations: Examining the Stress-Enhancing Effect of Motivational Goals Using Vignette Methodology.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
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- Recurrent and convolutional neural networks in classification of EEG signal for guided imagery and mental workload detection.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Virtual nature and well-being: Exploring the potential of 360° VR.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- Nature-based interventions for individual, collective and planetary wellbeing: A protocol for a scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- The effect of nature on creativity through mental imagery.PloS one · 2025Article
- Comparison of the effect of guided visualization technique and cryotherapy on pain intensity during needle insertion into arterial-venous vessels of hemodialysis undergoing patients: A cross-over clinical trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- The effect of Guided imagery on perioperative anxiety in hospitalized adult patients: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Surgery in practice and science · 2024Review
- Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Comparison of the level of physical activity after the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on physical activity behavior among students in Somalia.AIMS public health · 2024Article
- Guided imagery for anxiety disorder: Therapeutic efficacy and changes in quality of life.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Anxiety is a significant mental health issue in modern society and empirical research into effective interventions to address anxiety has been extensive. Spending time in nature is one approach that has demonstrated anxiolytic effects. However, in some situations and contexts spending time in nature in order to reduce anxiety symptoms may not be possible. For example, in therapeutic settings delivered in a space with no access or exposure to any nature stimuli in the immediate surrounding environment. Guided imagery (GI) has also proven to be effective for reducing anxiety symptoms. Thus, nature-based GI might help to overcome the limitation of access to nature and strengthen the impact of GI interventions. The current study investigated the effectiveness of nature-based GI on anxiety reduction. Participants (
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