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Community environmental healing benefits: A systematic review comparing intervening variables, environments, and outcomes.

Nan HeLeiqing XuNa Li
Published in: Journal of community psychology (2024)
As the smallest spatial unit in the city, the community should be an important space for healing the urban population. This paper presents a systematic review summarizing studies on community healing environments. The study identified 75 publications. The research findings are as follows: the main intervening variables include restorativeness, emotions and mood, stress, and well-being. Little attention has been paid to the intervening variables including social support, environmental preferences and satisfaction, place attachment, behavior types that respond to personal will, self-fulfillment, and the spirit of personal culture. The various types of natural environments in communities have been given focused attention for a long time. However, the superiority of the natural environment should not be a reason to underestimate the healing benefits of community spaces. The mechanisms by which environmental characteristics are transformed into positive individual influences through intervening variables should be explored.
Keyphrases
  • social support
  • mental health
  • healthcare
  • depressive symptoms
  • human health
  • bipolar disorder
  • risk assessment
  • adipose tissue
  • metabolic syndrome
  • skeletal muscle
  • decision making
  • case control
  • glycemic control