Faculty of Psychology in Wroclaw, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ostrowskiego 30b, 53-238 Wroclaw, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 5;17(23):9086. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17239086.
In this research, we investigated whether soundscapes' animateness and the framing of environments affect participants' assessment of the surroundings and their predicted recreation time. In an online study, we showed the participants six stimuli, each consisting of an animate or inanimate soundscape recording and of a verbal label of a natural or urban environment. We asked them to (a) imagine visiting the presented locations while mentally fatigued, in company or alone; (b) to visualize spending time there while engaged in recreational activities; and (c) to assess the environment and the predicted recreation time. We found that environments with animate soundscapes were rated as having a higher degree of naturalness and were favored in the urban condition. Environments with inanimate soundscapes, meanwhile, were preferred in the natural condition. Furthermore, natural-framed soundscapes were evaluated as having a higher degree of naturalness and were preferred over urban-framed soundscapes. Social context did not affect the results; however, we discovered the indirect effect of natural labels on the recreation time through the naturalness of the environments, both for the environments with animate and inanimate soundscapes. Overall, our findings demonstrate the influence of soundscapes' animateness and framing on the settings' evaluations and on recreation time.
在这项研究中，我们调查了声音景观的生动性和环境的框架是否会影响参与者对周围环境的评估和他们预测的娱乐时间。在一项在线研究中，我们向参与者展示了六个刺激物，每个刺激物都由一个有生命或无生命的声音景观录音和一个自然或城市环境的口头标签组成。我们要求他们：(a) 在精神疲劳、有伴或独处的情况下，想象自己去这些地方旅游；(b) 在从事娱乐活动时，想象在那里度过时间；(c) 评估环境和预测的娱乐时间。我们发现，有生命声音景观的环境被评为具有更高的自然度，在城市环境中更受欢迎。与此同时，无生命声音景观的环境在自然环境中更受欢迎。此外，自然框架的声音景观被评价为具有更高的自然度，并且比城市框架的声音景观更受欢迎。社会背景并没有影响结果；然而，我们发现，无论是有生命还是无生命声音景观的环境，自然标签都通过环境的自然度对娱乐时间产生了间接影响。总的来说，我们的研究结果表明，声音景观的生动性和框架对环境的评估和娱乐时间有影响。
