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Restorative Environments and Safety at Work

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 8843

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Margherita Pasini

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Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, Via S. Francesco, 22, 37129 Verona VR, Italy
Interests: research design; psychometrics and data analysis in psychology; well-being at work; psychosocial risks at work; safety climate; environmental psychology; restorative environments
Prof. Dr. Jack Nasar

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Department of City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University, Knowlton Hall 275 West Woodruff Ave. Columbus, OH 43210-1135, USA
Interests: environmental psychology (environmental aesthetics; perception; cognition; and behavior); active living research; research design and data analysis
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Dr. Margherita Brondino

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Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, Via S. Francesco, 22, 37129 Verona VR, Italy
Interests: wellbeing and safety at work; work related stress; psychometrics and data analysis in psychology; environmental psychology
Dr. Matteo Curcuruto

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Leeds School Of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK
Interests: proactive management of workplace safety; safety management systems and accident prevention; prosocial behavior and safety citizenship in the workplace; mindful organizing; team-working and safety communication; work motivation; safety leadership; psychosocial acceptance of new it technologies in the workplace

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Restorative environments, that is, environments that facilitate the recovery of resources (biological, cognitive, psychological, and social) in individuals, have become an important research field in environmental psychology. An increasing number of studies from different areas indicate that exposure to natural environments can improve people’s wellbeing. Recent trends in design—based on this well-established literature regarding the role of nature in enhancing wellbeing—try to use biophilic design to reduce stress and improve performance at work. Is there any empirical evidence, however, of the role of restorative environments in enhancing safety at work?

This Special Issue focuses on a specific kind of performance, that is, safety performance. From a behavioral perspective, safety performance has been traditionally conceptualized distinguishing between safety compliance (the behavioral adhesion to the formal safety protocols and regulations in the workplace) and safety participation (the active individual contribution in support to the organizational safety programs). More recently, further categories have been proposed, differentiating between prosocial and proactive safety citizenship behaviors.

We invite safety researchers from many perspectives to share empirical research on the role of nature in affecting safety performance and safety outcomes in general, at work. It could be interesting to merge the theoretical perspectives in organizational psychology focused on safety at work with research on restorative environments.

Dr. Margherita Pasini
Prof. Dr. Jack Nasar
Dr. Margherita Brondino
Dr. Matteo Curcuruto
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • restorative environments
  • safety behavior
  • workplace design
  • safety culture and safety climate
  • organizational sustainability
  • accident prevention

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The Healing Environment of Dental Clinics through the Eyes of Patients and Healthcare Professionals: A Pilot Study
by Maria Sarapultseva, Alena Zolotareva, Natal’ya Nasretdinova and Alexey Sarapultsev
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(20), 13516; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013516 - 19 Oct 2022
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The physical environment of healthcare settings can promote both the healing process and patient feelings of well-being, as well as instill positive emotions in employees. The present study aimed to evaluate the dental work environment of a typical private and public dental clinic [...] Read more.
The physical environment of healthcare settings can promote both the healing process and patient feelings of well-being, as well as instill positive emotions in employees. The present study aimed to evaluate the dental work environment of a typical private and public dental clinic to identify key parameters that determine the perception of health facilities by patients and employees. The study was carried out from 1 to 20 December 2021, in two dental clinics in Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation) using ‘ASPECT’. The participants were 58 staff and 94 patients. The results showed that, compared with patients, staff reported higher views scores, nature and outdoors scores, and comfort and control scores. The common criterion that distinguishes private clinics from public ones was comfort and control. Compared with patients in state clinics, patients in private clinics reported higher privacy, company and dignity scores, comfort and control scores, interior appearance scores, and facility scores. In general, while views scores and nature parameters can be singled out as a universal absolute value for everyone in a particular environment, staff pay more attention to factors that contribute to long-term comfortable stay and performance of their duties. Full article
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Nature and Mindfulness to Cope with Work-Related Stress: A Narrative Review
by Elisa Menardo, Donatella Di Marco, Sara Ramos, Margherita Brondino, Alicia Arenas, Patricia Costa, Carlos Vaz de Carvalho and Margherita Pasini
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(10), 5948; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105948 - 13 May 2022
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In recent years, work-related stress has grown exponentially and the negative impact that this condition has on people’s health is considerable. The effects of work-related stress can be distinguished in those that affect workers (e.g., depression and anxiety) and those that affect the [...] Read more.
In recent years, work-related stress has grown exponentially and the negative impact that this condition has on people’s health is considerable. The effects of work-related stress can be distinguished in those that affect workers (e.g., depression and anxiety) and those that affect the company (e.g., absenteeism and productivity). It is possible to distinguish two types of prevention interventions. Individual interventions aim at promoting coping and individual resilience strategies with the aim of modifying cognitive assessments of the potential stressor, thus reducing its negative impact on health. Mindfulness techniques have been found to be effective stress management tools that are also useful in dealing with stressful events in the workplace. Organizational interventions modify the risk factors connected to the context and content of the work. It was found that a restorative workplace (i.e., with natural elements) reduces stress and fatigue, improving work performance. Furthermore, practicing mindfulness in nature helps to improve the feeling of wellbeing and to relieve stress. In this paper, we review the role of mindfulness-based practices and of contact with nature in coping with stressful situations at work, and we propose a model of coping with work-related stress by using mindfulness in nature-based practices. Full article
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