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Knowledge of familiar environments: assessing modalities and individual visuo-spatial factors
Publication date: Available online 7 January 2020Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Veronica Muffato, Chiara MeneghettiAbstractFamiliarity enables us to form elaborate mental representations of environments, which are usually assessed with tasks that involve managing spatial information (such as pointing and locating landmarks). The present study also examines the role of familiarity using a “field” task that involved finding the shortest way to a destination, and the contribution of individual visuo-spatial factors (a set of abilities, preferences and strategies). Undergraduates more or less familia...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - January 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Do spatial characteristics influence behavior and development in early childhood education and care?
Publication date: Available online 28 December 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Ine H. van Liempd, Ora Oudgenoeg – Paz, Paul P.M. LesemanAbstractThere is increasing awareness that the physical environment plays a critical role in young children's cognitive and social development, by offering opportunities for exploration and interaction. In this article a narrative review is presented of 19 studies, published between 1987 and 2017, into the relation between spatial characteristics of the indoor play environment of center-based early childhood care and education settings and children's social and ...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - December 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Environmental self-regulation in favourite places of Finnish and Hungarian adults
Publication date: Available online 23 December 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): K. Korpela, M. Korhonen, T. Nummi, T. Martos, V. SallayAbstractThe aim of the study was to investigate the benefits of favourite physical places for well-being based on the idea of environmental self-regulation. It proposes that everyday favourite places are used as a “coping mechanism” to enhance subjective well-being through reflection, emotion regulation and withdrawal. We investigated the connection between reasons for visiting the favourite place, consequent experiences and perceived well-being (satisfaction wi...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - December 24, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Simulated natural environments bolster the effectiveness of a mindfulness programme: A comparison with a relaxation-based intervention
This study assesses the effectiveness of incorporating the beneficial effects of exposure to nature in a 3-week mindfulness programme. Participants (n = 122) were randomly assigned to one of two intervention groups (mindfulness, relaxation group) under different simulated environmental conditions (two natural, two non-natural environments) during an intervention lasting three weeks. The participants in the mindfulness group were asked to attend a weekly 1-h mindfulness programme. The relaxation group also spent 1 h per week on relaxation activities of their choice (e.g. reading books or magazines). Participants’ we...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - December 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The bright and dark sides of length of residence in the neighbourhood: Consequences for local participation and openness to newcomers
Publication date: Available online 14 December 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Sabina Toruńczyk-Ruiz, Borja Martinović (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - December 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychological benefits of a biodiversity-focussed outdoor learning program for primary school children
Publication date: Available online 14 December 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Deborah J. Harvey, Louise N. Montgomery, Hannah Harvey, Felix Hall, Alan C. Gange, Dawn WatlingAbstractThis investigation sought to discover whether engaging school children (aged 8–11) with nature could produce sustained improvements in mood and wellbeing in the long-term. We designed a program of biodiversity-focused activities carried out over one academic year in the school grounds. Participation in this program produced significant improvements in children's mood and wellbeing, which were sustained across the aca...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - December 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Corrigendum to “Threat, coping and flood prevention – A meta-analysis” [Journal of Environmental Psychology 54C (2017) 116–126]
Publication date: Available online 5 December 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Sebastian Bamberg, Torsten Masson, Katrin Brewitt, Natascha Nemetschek (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - December 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The sun and how do we feel about the color yellow? Methodological concerns
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Samy A. AzerAbstractJonauskaite et al. (2019) in a recent study reported that people from different cultures associate colors such as yellow with emotions. Their study comprised participants from 55 countries. The aim was to investigate the association of yellow-joy feelings with varied geographical locations, climatic changes, distance to equator, daytime hours and sunshine. They found the likelihood of yellow-joy association varied from 5.7% in Egypt to 87.7% in Finland. They concluded that participants who live furth...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Editorial Board
Publication date: December 2019Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Volume 66Author(s): (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 26, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A commentary: The sun is no fun without rain: Reply to “The sun and how do we feel about the color yellow? Methodological concerns”
Publication date: Available online 24 November 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Domicele Jonauskaite, Christine Mohr (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Role of Phonological Loop and Visuospatial Sketchpad in Virtual Maze Wayfinding
Publication date: Available online 20 November 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Huicong Fang, Yanyan Hu, Linteng Yang, Yuan LiuAbstractThe role of phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad in wayfinding was tested in a virtual maze employing dual-task paradigm through two experiments. Experiment 1 was designed to detect the effects of experimental conditions (control/ phonological dual-task/visuospatial dual-task group) and gender on wayfinding performance. The results showed that it took more time in dual-task groups than the control group to complete the primary task, and male participants tra...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The advantage of globally visible landmarks for spatial learning
Publication date: Available online 7 November 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Sascha Credé, Tyler Thrash, Christoph Hölscher, Sara Irina FabrikantAbstractDespite much recent interest, it is unclear which types of landmarks are best suited for survey knowledge acquisition. Thus, we investigated the accuracy of survey knowledge after the learning of sequentially visible (local) landmarks and simultaneously visible (global) landmarks from a first-person perspective during navigation through a virtual city. We also assessed systematically the role of working memory during navigation with a concurren...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 8, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Editorial Board
Publication date: October 2019Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Volume 65Author(s): (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Publisher's Note
Publication date: October 2019Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Volume 65Author(s): (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Examining connection to nature and mindfulness at promoting psychological well-being
Publication date: Available online 4 November 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Tuyen Huynh, Julia C. TorquatiAbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine how connection to nature and mindfulness independently and jointly relate to psychological well-being, specifically: (1) the mediating role of mindfulness on the association between connection to nature and psychological well-being; and (2) whether connection to nature and mindfulness moderate the association between perceived stress and psychological well-being. Participants (N = 360; 65.8% female) completed surveys assessing their connec...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - November 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research