SynthesisFrontiers in public health2021
Impact of Exposure to Natural and Built Environments on Positive and Negative Affect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of green exercise on mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Green spaces, blue spaces and human health: an updated umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Credibility of the evidence on green space and human health: an overview of meta-analyses using evidence grading approaches.EBioMedicine · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of Exposure to Natural and Built Environments on Positive and Negative Affect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of a Healing Program Using Marine Resources on Reducing Pain and Improving Physical Function in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of the Barcelona Superblocks 'Green Corridor' project on the quality of public space from a health determinants perspective.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Determinants of environmentally related physical activity in adolescents: integration of self-determination and planned behavior theories.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The Therapeutic Home Environment for Chronic Diseases: A Transdisciplinary Ecosystem for Achieving Migraine Freedom and Managing Comorbid Anxiety, Insomnia, and Chronic Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- An experimental study of the acute effects of visual and olfactory nature stimuli on task performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Differential effects of simulated restorative environments on subjective and objective attentional outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- A Preliminary Study on the Effect of an Intervention Based on Green Exercise on Mental Health and Physical Fitness of Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Home Environment as a Therapeutic Target for Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases: Delivering Restorative Living Spaces, Patient Education and Self-Care by Bridging Biophilic Design, E-Commerce and Digital Health Technologies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Measuring restoration quality in urban forest greenways: insights for planning and management.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Caught in the loop: the role of volitional control in the FoMO and social media addiction cycle.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring the pathways between physical activity, love for nature and eco-friendly behavior in children.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Salutogenic Environmental Health Model-proposing an integrative and interdisciplinary lens on the genesis of health.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Enriched Environment Attenuates Enhanced Trait Anxiety in Association with Normalization of Aberrant Neuro-Inflammatory Events.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Healthy Dwelling: Design of Biophilic Interior Environments Fostering Self-Care Practices for People Living with Migraines, Chronic Pain, and Depression.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
There is increasing evidence that the natural environment provides substantial benefits to human emotional well-being. The current study synthesized this body of research using the meta-analysis and assessed the positive and negative effects of exposure to both the natural and built environments. We searched four databases and 20 studies were included in the review. The meta-analysis results showed the most convincing evidence that exposure to the natural environment could increase positive affect (standardized mean difference, SMD = 0.61, 95%
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