ArticleBMC public health2020
Perceived greenness at home and at university are independently associated with mental health.
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- Natural Environments in University Campuses and Students' Well-Being.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- A dual attention transformer modelling for explainable mental health analysis in academic environments using TaBERT.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Green infrastructure and community health: exploring the characteristics of campus users in three university towns in Texas.Cities & health · 2024Article
- Relationships between students' perceived campus walkability, mental health, and life satisfaction during COVID-19.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Exploring the association between campus environment of higher education and student health: A systematic review of findings and measures.Urban forestry & urban greening · 2024Article
- A Canonical Correlation Analysis Study on the Association Between Neighborhood Green Space and Residents' Mental Health.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- Perceptions of greenspace and social determinants of health across the life course: The Life Course Sociodemographics and Neighborhood Questionnaire (LSNEQ).Health & place · 2023Article
- Impacts of the Covid-19 lockdown and relevant vulnerabilities on capability well-being, mental health and social support: an Austrian survey study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Objective and Perceived Neighborhood Greenness of Students Differ in their Agreement in Home and Study Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Investigating the Mental Health Impacts of University Campus Green Space Through Perceived Sensory Dimensions and the Mediation Effects of Perceived Restorativeness on Restoration Experience.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies reported positive associations between perceived neighborhood greenness and mental health. There has been a focus on perceived neighborhood greenness at people's home environment or in general, but data are lacking on greenness at working places or other locations where they actually spend most of their time during their day.
methodsThis study investigated the perceived greenness of college students' home and study environments and its relation to mental health. An online survey collected data from 601 participants with a mean age of 24 years, living in or around and studying in the city of Graz, Austria. The perceived greenness at home and at university was assessed using questions on quality of and access to green space; mental health was measured with the WHO-5 well-being index. Uni- and multivariate regression analyses were used to analyze the data.
resultsThe analyses revealed positive associations between perceived greenness at home and mental health as well as perceived greenness at university and mental health. This adds more evidence to the existing literature that perceiving the environment as green is positively related to better mental health.
conclusionsFuture research will have to incorporate objective greenness measures as a means of controlling for the reliability of the measurements and investigate the effects of different environments people are exposed to over the course of a day.
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