Restorative Elements at the Computer Workstation: A Comparison of Live Plants and Inanimate Objects With and Without Window View

Sammanfattning

The objective of the study was to test whether live plants on computer workstations with and without window view had restorative effects. Guided by Stress Recovery Theory and Attention Restoration Theory a mixed randomized experiment was conducted exploring restorative effects of plants, including mediating effects of perceived fascination. Eighty-five participants carried out a 1-hr work session with repeated tasks demanding directed attention in an office with one of three interior conditions: live plants, inanimate objects and control, all with and without a window view. Plant presence led to greater perceived fascination, but perceived fascination was not related to either self-reported restoration or directed attention capacity. The presence of plants during work did not have superior restorative effects compared with inanimate objects, neither with nor without access to a window view. However, environmental enrichment with either plants or inanimate objects at the computer workstation seemed to provide a restorative potential, which should be investigated further.

Nyckelord

indoor plants; mental fatigue; office design; natural elements; people-plant interactions

Publicerad i

Environment and Behavior
2015, volym: 47, nummer: 3, sidor: 288-303

SLU författare

• Hägerhäll, Caroline

  • Institutionen för människa och samhälle, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU)

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG3 God hälsa och välbefinnande

UKÄ forskningsämne

Tvärvetenskapliga studier
Tillämpad psykologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916513499584

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/69078