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Psychological Effects of Walking in the Urban Forest: Results of Field Tests in Shinjuku-gyoen, Japan

도시림 산책이 심리적 안정에 미치는 영향 - 일본 신주쿠교엔 현장실험 결과 -

  • Song, Cho Rong (Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University) ;
  • Lee, Ju Young (Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University) ;
  • Park, Bum Jin (Department of Environment & Forest Resources, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Min Sun (Department of Horticultural Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Matsuba, Naoya (Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University) ;
  • Miyazaki, Yoshifumi (Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University)
  • 송초롱 (치바대학 환경건강필드과학센터) ;
  • 이주영 (치바대학 환경건강필드과학센터) ;
  • 박범진 (충남대학교 산림환경자원학과) ;
  • 이민선 (충남대학교 원예학과) ;
  • 松葉直也 (치바대학 환경건강필드과학센터) ;
  • 宮崎良文 (치바대학 환경건강필드과학센터)
  • Received : 2011.03.15
  • Accepted : 2011.07.29
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to clarify the psychological effects of walking in the urban forest and to examine how the effects differ in accordance with individual personality. The study subjects comprised 18 male Japanese university students ($21.0{\pm}0.8$ years old). These subjects were instructed to walk predetermined 20-min courses in the urban forest and the city (control). Three questionnaires (POMS, STAI-S, and SCL-90) were administered to assess the subjects' psychological responses. The KG's Daily Life Questionnaire was used to examine the subject's personalities for presence of the Type A behavior pattern. The study found that walking in the urban forest improved the participants' positive mood and decreased their negative mood, anxiety, and other negative mental symptoms. Moreover, Type B subjects showed a bigger change than Type A subjects on the SCL-90's obsessive and compulsive scale. Our results supported the premise that walking in the urban forest has relaxing effects, and that these effects can differ in accordance with the subject's personality characteristics.

본 연구는 도시림에서의 산책이 심리적 안정에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 수행되었으며, 퍼스낼리티에 따른 심리적 영향의 차이에 대해서도 검토하였다. 실험은 일본의 대표적인 도시림인 신주쿠교엔(이하, 도시림)에서 실시하였으며, 대조실험은 신주쿠역주변의 도심지(이하, 도심)에서 동일하게 실시하였다. 일본인 남자대학생 18명($21.0{\pm}0.8$세)이 피험자로 참여하였으며, 피험자는 도시림과 도심에서 각각 1회씩 20분간의 산책을 실시하였다. 측정은 심리지표로써 POMS, STAI-S, SCL-90을 이용하여 심리상태를 측정하였으며, 퍼스낼리티 지표로써 KG식 일상생활질문지를 이용하여 A유형 행동양식을 조사하였다. 그 결과, 도시림에서의 산책은 도심과 비교하여 통계적으로 유의한 '기분'의 개선, '불안'의 감소, '정신증상'의 완화를 보였다. 그리고, SCL-90의 '강박증' 척도에서 이러한 결과의 반응은 B유형이 A유형보다 큰 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에 의하여, 도시림에서의 산책은 심리적 안정 효과를 가져오는것으로 밝혀졌으며, 그 효과는 퍼스낼리티에 따라 달라질 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

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