Hu Chenhao, Zhu Ke, Huang Kun, Yu Bo, Jiang Wenchen, Peng Kaiping, Wang Fei
Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Center for Statistical Science, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
J Environ Psychol. 2022 Feb;79:101745. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101745. Epub 2021 Dec 8.
Essential workers such as medical workers and police officers are first-line fighters during public-health crises, such as COVID-19 pandemic. Every time, they are under heavy stress both physically and mentally. The goal of the present study was to develop a novel nature-based intervention to promote their well-being. A representative sample of essential workers in China was recruited for a five-day intervention program, and were randomly assigned to two groups. The experimental group watched 2-min video clips of natural scenes every day, while the control group watched urban scenes. Results indicated that after five days, the natural stimuli intervention yielded overall improvements in various indices of subjective well-being. Furthermore, analyses of nested longitudinal data confirmed that everyday nature stimuli exposure provided both immediate and repeated restorative benefits. The proposed natural-based intervention is brief and easy-to-use, offering a cost-efficient psychological booster to promote subjective well-being of essential workers during this crisis time.
医护人员和警察等一线工作者是公共卫生危机（如新冠疫情）期间的一线战士。每次，他们都承受着巨大的身心压力。本研究的目的是开发一种新型的基于自然的干预措施来促进他们的幸福感。在中国招募了一线工作者的代表性样本参加一个为期五天的干预项目，并将他们随机分为两组。实验组每天观看两分钟的自然场景视频片段，而对照组观看城市场景视频片段。结果表明，五天后，自然刺激干预使主观幸福感的各项指标总体上得到改善。此外，对嵌套纵向数据的分析证实，每天接触自然刺激能带来即时和反复的恢复性益处。所提出的基于自然的干预措施简短且易于使用，在这段危机时期为促进一线工作者的主观幸福感提供了一种经济高效的心理助推器。
