Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회지)

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The Influence of Urban Forest and School Forest Experience Activities on Attitude Toward Forest, Psychological Well-being and Stress of High School Student

도시숲과 학교숲 체험 활동이 고등학생의 숲에 대한 태도, 심리적 안녕감, 스트레스에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Hee-Ran (Graduate Department of forest Therapy Chungbuk National Univ.) ;
  • Koo, Chang-Duck (Forestry, Graduate School Chungbuk National Univ.)
  • 김희란 (충북대학교 대학원 산림치유학협동과정) ;
  • 구창덕 (충북대학교 대학원 산림학과)
  • Received : 2019.02.20
  • Accepted : 2019.04.24
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of urban forest and school forest experience programs on attitude toward the forest, psychological well-being, and stress of high school students. The subjects of this study were 26 students from a high school located in B-dong in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. They were divided into the experimental groups participating in urban forest experience and the control groups participating in school forests experience. Each group participated in the five weekly two-hour long forest experience program. We conducted a pre- and post-experience questionnaire surveys using the scale of environmental attitude toward the forest, the scale of psychological well-being, and the scale of academic stress to observe mental and psychological changes of the high school students. Data were analyzed by SPSS 23.0 program and a Wilcoxon sign rank test. There was a significant increase in the attitude toward forests of high school students participating in the forest experience programs. The groups participating in the school forest experience showed an increase in the psychological well-being although it was not statistically significant, and the groups participating in the urban forest experience showed a statistically significant increase, indicating that the forest experience affected the psychological well-being of the high school students. The groups participating in the school forest experience showed a decrease in the academic stress although it was not statistically significant, and the groups participating in the urban forest experience showed a statistically significant decrease, indicating that the forest experience affected the academic stress of the high school students.

본 연구는 숲체험 활동이 고등학생의 숲에 대한 태도, 심리적 안녕감, 스트레스에 미치는 효과를 검증하기 위해 실행되었다. 연구대상은 화성시 B동에 위치한 고등학교의 학생 26명으로 도시숲 체험에 참가한 실험집단과 학교숲 체험에 참가한 통제집단으로 나누었고, 각 집단은 매주 1회 2시간씩 5회기의 숲체험 프로그램에 참여하였다. 고등학생들의 정신적 심리적 변화를 관찰하기 위해 숲에 대한 환경태도 척도, 심리적 안녕감 척도, 학업스트레스 척도를 이용해 사전과 사후 설문조사를 하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 23.0 프로그램과 Wilcoxon 부호순위검정을 실시하였다. 연구결과 숲체험 활동에 참여한 고등학생의 숲에 대한 태도에는 유의미한 증가가 있었다. 심리적 안녕감은 학교숲에 참가한 집단은 통계적으로 유의한 정도는 아니었으나 증가가 있었고, 도시숲 체험에 참가한 집단은 유의미한 증가가 있어서 숲체험 활동은 고등학생의 심리적 안녕감에 영향을 주었다. 학업스트레스에 있어서는 학교숲 체험에 참가한 집단은 통계적으로 유의한 정도는 아니었으나 감소가 있었고, 도시숲 체험에 참가한 집단은 유의미한 감소가 있어서 숲체험 활동은 고등학생의 학업스트레스에 영향을 주었다.

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