Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscape
An important element of urban landscapes is various plants, and contact with urban landscapes can promote children’s positive mood and mental health. However, few studies focus on Asian school-aged children’s mood for different urban landscapes and the factors shaping them. This study attempted to u...
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| description | An important element of urban landscapes is various plants, and contact with urban landscapes can promote children’s positive mood and mental health. However, few studies focus on Asian school-aged children’s mood for different urban landscapes and the factors shaping them. This study attempted to understand the variables, including plant color, familiarity, and viewing distances (setting 0 m and 2 m), using 150 landscape scenes (68 flowering plants, 50 exotic plants, and 32 foliage plants), on the effects of the landscape preferences and mood states of 119 school-aged children (55 boys and 64 girls). Then, using partial least squares path modelling analysis to display the gender difference in children’s color perception, landscape preferences, and mood states. The results show that: (1) Plant color richness, familiarity, and the proportion of non-green parts of scenes positively affected children’s mood states. (2) Flowering plants are more likely to produce positive moods than those of exotic plants and foliage plants. (3) Plant color richness and familiarity significantly and positively correlated with children’s mood states and landscape preferences. (4) Notably, gender differences exist in children’s landscape preferences and mood states. This study underscores the importance of plant color collocation in child-friendly landscapes and considers the gender differences in urban landscape policy decisions. Besides, adding flowering plants and native plants in urban landscapes may potentially enhance children’s mood state and urban green space utilization rate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0019f9de06394a09ade99c55e1c0edb22024-11-15T10:36:00ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522024-11-012362091209910.1080/13467581.2023.22784582278458Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscapeHan Sheng0Xu Li1Shucai Zeng2South China Agricultural UniversityKey Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesSouth China Agricultural UniversityAn important element of urban landscapes is various plants, and contact with urban landscapes can promote children’s positive mood and mental health. However, few studies focus on Asian school-aged children’s mood for different urban landscapes and the factors shaping them. This study attempted to understand the variables, including plant color, familiarity, and viewing distances (setting 0 m and 2 m), using 150 landscape scenes (68 flowering plants, 50 exotic plants, and 32 foliage plants), on the effects of the landscape preferences and mood states of 119 school-aged children (55 boys and 64 girls). Then, using partial least squares path modelling analysis to display the gender difference in children’s color perception, landscape preferences, and mood states. The results show that: (1) Plant color richness, familiarity, and the proportion of non-green parts of scenes positively affected children’s mood states. (2) Flowering plants are more likely to produce positive moods than those of exotic plants and foliage plants. (3) Plant color richness and familiarity significantly and positively correlated with children’s mood states and landscape preferences. (4) Notably, gender differences exist in children’s landscape preferences and mood states. This study underscores the importance of plant color collocation in child-friendly landscapes and considers the gender differences in urban landscape policy decisions. Besides, adding flowering plants and native plants in urban landscapes may potentially enhance children’s mood state and urban green space utilization rate.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2023.2278458child-friendly landscapegender differencesmood statemental restorationplant color |
| spellingShingle | Han Sheng Xu Li Shucai Zeng Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscape Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering child-friendly landscape gender differences mood state mental restoration plant color |
| title | Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscape |
| title_full | Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscape |
| title_fullStr | Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscape |
| title_short | Unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children’s mood in urban landscape |
| title_sort | unraveling the mediating role of plant color and familiarity on children s mood in urban landscape |
| topic | child-friendly landscape gender differences mood state mental restoration plant color |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2023.2278458 |
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