ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Does the Mode of Exercise Influence the Benefits Obtained by Green Exercise?
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The Effects of Outdoor versus Indoor Exercise on Psychological Health, Physical Health, and Physical Activity Behaviour: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Can natural environments enhance acute effects of rehabilitation exercise for older adults? A pilot randomized controlled trial.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Trial
- The psychological restorative effects of green exercise: a moderated mediation model of nature relatedness and exercise behavior.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Green physical activity for leisure connects perceived residential greenspace and mental well-being.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Golf and Health, More than 18 Holes-A Bibliometric Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Running in Natural Spaces: Gender Analysis of Its Relationship with Emotional Intelligence, Psychological Well-Being, and Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- "Like Nothing I've Seen Before": A Qualitative Inquiry Into the Lived Experience of Competing in a Trail Running Event.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The effect of time outdoors on veterans receiving treatment for PTSD.Journal of clinical psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Green exercise studies have tended to use walking as a modality of exercise to establish benefits to mental health. Whether green exercise benefits translate into different forms of green exercise has been deemed an important research gap. A mixed-methods study design was used to compare psychological responses between two forms of green exercise; golf and walking. A total of 20 participants (10 in each group), with a range of ages and experience were recruited to take part in the study. Participants in the walking condition exhibited significantly greater levels of dissociative cognitions than golf condition participants. Consequently, only the walking condition significantly improved in a directed attention test. Results from the Exercise-Induced Feeling Inventory questionnaire found the walking condition demonstrated increases in all four subscales, whereas the golf condition showed no significant improvements. Based on the findings from the qualitative analysis, distinct differences were seen with regards to the perception of the environment. Participants in the golf condition noted natural elements as obstacles to effective performance, whereas the walking group noted natural stimuli as evoking positive feelings. In agreement with the Attention Restoration Theory, the current study demonstrates that the benefits of green exercise are somewhat reduced when greater levels of directed attention towards the activity are exhibited during green exercise.
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