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Article

The Psychological Restorative Effects of Campus Environments on College Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study at Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China

by
Siyun Sun
†,
Yingyuan Chen
†,
Sen Mu
,
Bo Jiang
,
Yiwei Lin
,
Tian Gao
*,‡ and
Ling Qiu
*,‡
College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These two authors contributed equally to this work.
‡
These authors jointly supervised this work.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(16), 8731; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168731
Submission received: 14 July 2021 / Revised: 16 August 2021 / Accepted: 17 August 2021 / Published: 18 August 2021
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Abstract

During the COVID-19 outbreak, college students experienced different periods of isolation on campus, which has had an impact on students’ mental health. Based on ART theory, this study randomly selected students at Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China and distributed questionnaires in order to evaluate the psychological recovery effect of campus environment during the epidemic. The results showed that: (1) There were significant differences in the psychological restoration of four types of campus environments. Blue space had the greatest effect, followed by green space and sports grounds, while grey space had the least. (2) Time of stay had a very significant impact on psychological restoration. Longer time of exposure is not necessarily correlated with a better recovery experience. (3) In the different campus environments, extent is easier to be perceived followed by fascination and compatibility, and the weakest is being away. At the time of stay level, no significant difference was found in the perception of compatibility. Time of stay was negatively correlated with fascination and compatibility. These findings can provide theoretical and practical bases for campus environmental planning and construction following the COVID-19 epidemic.
Keywords: campus environment; psychological restoration; landscape design; time; suitability of using time campus environment; psychological restoration; landscape design; time; suitability of using time

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Sun, S.; Chen, Y.; Mu, S.; Jiang, B.; Lin, Y.; Gao, T.; Qiu, L. The Psychological Restorative Effects of Campus Environments on College Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study at Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8731. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168731

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Sun S, Chen Y, Mu S, Jiang B, Lin Y, Gao T, Qiu L. The Psychological Restorative Effects of Campus Environments on College Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study at Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(16):8731. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168731

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Sun, Siyun, Yingyuan Chen, Sen Mu, Bo Jiang, Yiwei Lin, Tian Gao, and Ling Qiu. 2021. "The Psychological Restorative Effects of Campus Environments on College Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study at Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8731. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168731

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Sun, S., Chen, Y., Mu, S., Jiang, B., Lin, Y., Gao, T., & Qiu, L. (2021). The Psychological Restorative Effects of Campus Environments on College Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study at Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8731. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168731

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