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Can the boreal fore...
Can the boreal forest be used for rehabilitation and recovery from stress-related exhaustion? A pilot study.
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- Sonntag-Öström, Elisabet (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin,Arcum
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- Nordin, Maria (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin
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- Slunga Järvholm, Lisbeth (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin
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- Lundell, Ylva (författare)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel,Department of Forest Ecology and Management
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- Brännström, Rigmor (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin
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- Dolling, Ann (författare)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel,Department of Forest Ecology and Management
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- 2011-03-03
- 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0282-7581 .- 1651-1891. ; 26:3, s. 245-256
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Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- It has been suggested that humans suffering from mental exhaustion recover better in environments that do not demand directed attention. Hence, we hypothesized that forests have restorative effects and examined whether the boreal forest in northern Sweden can be used for rehabilitation from stress-related exhaustion in a pilot study. Six participants suffering from stress-related exhaustion were offered visits twice a week, for 11 weeks, in six different forest settings: pine forest, mixed forest, spruce forest, forest by the lake, the forest with a small stream and rock outcrops. The participants chose one forest setting prior to each visit, and the mental state of each participant was evaluated before and after each visit. Interviews focusing on the experience of the forest were conducted after the 22 visits. Solitude and forest settings with light were identified as positive factors for recovery. Despite the limited amount of data, the results showed that the forest visits had significant positive effects on the participants' mental state. The interviews also indicated that the concept is suitable for use in larger randomized studies and that it is important to provide various forest settings to meet individual preferences of the participants and to offer the possibility of solitude.
Ämnesord
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Skogsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -- Forest Science (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Occupational Health and Environmental Health (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Attention
- burnout
- environment
- human health
- nature
- restoration
- well-being
- medical behavioral science
- medicinsk beteendevetenskap
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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