JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY环境心理学杂志
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY(英文缩写 J ENVIRON PSYCHOL),ISSN 0272-4944,eISSN 1522-9610,中文译名:环境心理学杂志 是一本学术期刊。本页汇总该期刊的最新影响因子、分区信息以及最新收录于 PubMed 的文献,帮助您快速了解期刊全貌。
发文量统计区间：2025-09-27 至 2026-09-27，按本站收录文献的发表日期统计。
期刊介绍
历年影响因子趋势
| JCR 数据年份 | 影响因子 | JCR 分区 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.649 | Q1 |
| 2022 | 6.900 | Q1 |
| 2023 | 6.100 | Q1 |
| 2024 | 7.000 | Q1 |
| 2025 | 7.300 | Q1 |
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 最新收录文献
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1. Brief virtual nature exposure and acute stress: inconclusive evidence regarding stress reactivity, recovery, and emotion regulation.
PMID:日期:2026-09-01Exposure to nature is widely considered to alter acute stress. Most research has focused on nature's ability to facilitate stress recovery, while little is known about its effects on initial reactivity to a stressor and associated emotion regulation strategies. Guided by Nature-Based Biopsychosocial Resilience Theory, we investigated whether brief virtual nature exposure influences both stress reactivity and recovery, as well as stressor-specific appraisal and rumination. In a randomized controlled study, 164 healthy adults watched brief, two-dimensional virtual nature or indoor scenes either before or after an acute laboratory stress task. We repeatedly measured self-reported stress, salivary cortisol, heart rate, and heart rate variability to assess stress reactivity and recovery, alongside stressor-specific appraisal and rumination, and collected retrospective ratings of the environments' perceived restorativeness and helpfulness in dealing with the stressor. Participants retrospectively rated nature videos as more restorative and helpful in managing and recovering from the stressor than indoor videos (moderate-to-large effects). In contrast, none of the registered hypotheses about the positive effects of nature videos on immediate overall stress responses, stress reactivity, stress recovery, appraisal, or rumination were significant. However, equivalence tests indicated that small-to-moderate effects cannot be ruled out. The results highlight a potential disconnect between participants' retrospective perceptions of nature's capacity to help cope with a stressor and their immediate psychological and physiological reactions. Although virtual nature may represent an easily implementable intervention, our findings encourage a critical reflection and calibration of expectations regarding the effectiveness of brief simulated nature exposures for reducing acute stress.
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2. Knowing what you feel matters: Emotion differentiation impacts climate-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
PMID:日期:2026-08-01The topic of climate change and humans' role in causing or addressing it often elicits a negative emotional response. Considerable literature supports associations between both general distress and specific negative emotions with climate-relevant outcomes. However, little is known about how individuals' tendency to differentiate specific climate change negative emotions from one another versus experience non-specific, broad negative distress may influence such associations. The current investigation examines Climate Change Distress (CCD) to assess whether specific climate change emotions of anger, anxiety, and sadness, can be distinguished from an overarching emotional distress construct in their associations with climate-relevant outcomes. We include data from the original open-source CCD investigation ( =868). When negative emotions are sufficiently differentiated, they hold distinct influences on climate change experiences, engagement, and pro-environmental attitudes and behavior. Overarching emotional distress displayed the largest associations with responses to climate change (|β|s=.19-.62, s<.001). However, decomposing distress into specific negative emotions independently accounts for smaller, yet significant, variance in key climate outcomes (|β|s=.15-.39, s<.001). Additionally, higher climate change emotion differentiation of these specific emotions is associated with higher pro-environmental attitudes and actual behavior (|β|s=.10-.26, s<.029). Greater climate anger that is more differentiated is associated with greater pro-environmental behavior (β=.13, =.038). In contrast, greater anxiety accompanied by lower emotion differentiation was associated with greater pro-environmental behavior (β=-.18, =.037). Sadness differentiation was not independently associated with included measures (|β|s<.11, s>.164). Results suggest that climate change distress alone is not sufficient to understand individuals' climate-focused attitudes and behaviors. Specific emotions associated with climate change, as well as the clarity with which individuals identify them, play a role, sometimes prompting opposing behaviors that align with those emotions' motivational underpinnings. This knowledge can potentially be leveraged to appeal to those who may be differentially emotionally affected by climate change as both an acute and chronic threat.
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3. Residential Greenspace and Youth Antisocial Behavior and Depressed Mood.
3. 居住绿地与青少年反社会行为和抑郁情绪PMID:日期:2026-05-01This study explores how relationships between greenspace and youth antisocial behavior and depressed mood are influenced by different social and demographic contexts. Survey data were collected from 362 youth from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Greenspace was measured as the percent of tree canopy present within 1600m of the home address. Demographic and contextual variables included youth age, gender, racial and ethnic background, family socioeconomic status (SES), peer group deviance, and community violence exposure. The amount of tree canopy was modestly related to youth outcomes, although results became non-significant for antisocial behavior after considering demographic covariates. Subgroup analyses revealed a significant negative relationship between tree canopy and antisocial behavior only in high SES youth and White youth, while the relationship between tree canopy and lower depressed mood was only significant for high SES youth, youth unexposed to community violence, and youth with low levels of peer deviance. These results indicate that greenspace effects may benefit more privileged youth. Results further suggested that the relationship between tree canopy and youth outcomes was generally stronger for younger youth and females. This study provides evidence that the protective effects of greenspace for youth may vary across demographic, social, and developmental context.
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4. Gardening, healthy aging, and longevity: Longitudinal evidence from 25 years of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921.
PMID:日期:2026-02-01Gardening is a common leisure activity among older adults, yet its potential to support healthy aging remains underexplored, particularly in longitudinal contexts and across multiple aging domains. This study investigated whether gardening frequency was associated with psychological, physical, and biological aging markers, as well as mortality, in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 (LBC1921). Gardening frequency was assessed via questionnaire at a mean age of 79 years (baseline: 1999-2001) in 475 participants. Aging markers were measured at 79, 83, 87, and 90 years. Psychological markers (quality of life, psychological wellbeing) were self-reported; physical function markers (lung function, gait speed, grip strength, functional ability) were objectively assessed; and biological markers (telomere length, DNA methylation-based PhenoAge) were blood-derived. Survival was tracked using 25-year mortality linkage data. Analyses included linear regression, growth curve modeling, and Cox proportional hazards, adjusted for individual- and neighbourhood-level covariates. Of the sample, 207 gardened frequently, 78 sometimes, and 190 never or rarely. At baseline (age 79), higher gardening frequency was associated with better psychological wellbeing, stronger physical function, and longer telomeres. Longitudinally, more frequent gardening predicted slower declines in gait speed and telomere attrition from age 79 to 90. Frequent gardeners had a 22 % lower mortality risk (HR = 0.78, 95 % CI: 0.62-0.97) than those who never or rarely gardened. Associations were not substantially confounded by sociodemographic, lifestyle, or physical activity factors. Our results suggest that gardening may support wellbeing and longevity, with potential implications for aging in place for older adults.
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5. Impact of natural views on mental health during COVID-19 quarantine: A natural experiment.
PMID:日期:2024-12-01The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the daily lives of people, and countries worldwide have implemented public health measures that restricted social contact and interactions. Individuals in isolation displayed increased mental health issues, for whom windows are a crucial means of connecting with the outside world. However, few studies have discussed the effect of having a window view on the mental health of individuals in quarantine. This study uses a natural experiment to address this knowledge gap. Between January 27, 2022 and June 19, 2022, individuals in Taiwan who were assigned to quarantine hotel room with various window views were recruited through Facebook groups. Participants completed a baseline assessment at the beginning of their quarantine period that included room and window conditions and mental health conditions, followed by a posttest assessment of the same mental health measures. Questions related to window conditions included the proportions of natural and urban landscapes viewable from their hotel windows, human activities they could observe (flow of people), and their viewshed broadness. Subsequently, this study investigated how visual access to greenness influenced the positive mental health, depression, and stress of the participants before and during quarantine. In total, 81 participants participated. The results of this study indicated that viewing vegetation and the ratio of windows to walls were associated with improved mental health, reduced symptoms of depression, and reduced stress. Specifically, an open view in the room was associated with lower levels of depression ( < 0.001) and stress ( < 0.000). Additionally, viewing people through windows was associated with reduced depressive symptoms ( < 0.006). The results of this study can inform policies for pandemic containment, but also broadly for health care, hospitals, and other related fields.
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6. Is greenspace in the eye of the beholder? Exploring perceived and objective greenspace exposure effects on mental health.
PMID:日期:2024-12-01This study explores the relationship between greenspace and perceived stress, anxiety, and depression, and specifically how perceived and objective greenspace exposure relate to these outcomes. It also explores whether race and socioeconomic status (SES) influence perceived and objective greenspace exposure. We used structural equation models (SEMs) to assess the combined impacts of perceived greenspace (a latent construct that included greenspace abundance, visibility, access, usage, quality) and objective greenspace (NDVI within a 300-m buffer of residence) exposures on mental health outcomes (perceived stress, anxiety, and depression), adjusted for SES (using a latent variable that combined income, education, employment), race, ethnicity, age, and cohabiting status from a cross-sectional survey on greenspace and mental health in Denver, CO that ran from November 2019 to April 2021. We compared the strength of pathways between perceived and objective greenspace measures and mental health outcomes, as well as those between SES/race/ethnicity and greenspace measures. Perceived greenspace exposure was directly associated with reduced anxiety; objective greenspace was only indirectly associated with reduced anxiety, through perceived greenspace. Perceived-but not objective-greenspace exposure was associated with lower depression with borderline statistical significance. SES was statistically significantly associated with higher objective greenspace (a direct impact) and perceived greenspace (direct impact and indirect impact mediated by objective greenspace), which suggests that some, but not all, of differential perceptions of greenspace exposure by SES are due to differential levels of objective greenspace exposure by SES. Our study shows that perceived greenspace exposure may be an integral part of how objective greenspace exposure confers mental health benefits, particularly anxiety. SES may also play a role not just in influencing objective greenspace exposure, but also in shaping peoples' perceptions of greenspace, which are unmeasured in most objective greenspace exposure measures.
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8. Climate stress and anxiety, environmental context, and civic engagement: A nationally representative study.
PMID:日期:2024-02-01There is increasing recognition that people are experiencing stress and anxiety around climate change, and that this climate stress/anxiety may be associated with more pro-environmental behavior. However, less is known about whether people's own environmental exposures affect climate stress/anxiety or the relationship between climate stress/anxiety and civic engagement. Using three waves of survey data (2020-2022) from the nationally representative Tufts Equity in Health, Wealth, and Civic Engagement Study of US adults (n = 1071), we assessed relationships among environmental exposures (county-level air pollution, greenness, number of toxic release inventory sites, and heatwaves), self-reported climate stress/anxiety, and civic engagement measures (canvasing behavior, collaborating to solve community problems, personal efficacy to solve community problems, group efficacy to solve community problems, voting behavior). Most participants reported experiencing climate stress/anxiety (61%). In general, the environmental exposures we assessed were not significantly associated with climate stress/anxiety or civic engagement metrics, but climate stress/anxiety was positively associated with most of the civic engagement outcomes (canvassing, personal efficacy, group efficacy, voter preference). Our results support the growing literature that climate stress/anxiety may spur constructive civic action, though do not suggest a consistent relationship between adverse environmental exposures and either climate stress/anxiety or civic engagement. Future research and action addressing the climate crisis should promote climate justice by ensuring mental health support for those who experience climate stress anxiety and by promoting pro-environmental civic engagement efforts.
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9. 'It feels smaller now': The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on apartment residents and their living environment - A longitudinal study.
PMID:日期:2023-08-01The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown restrictions prolonged residents' exposure to their home environment. The impact of lockdowns could be heightened for apartment residents as they typically have smaller, less versatile homes, and share communal and circulation spaces. This study examined changes in apartment residents' perceptions and experiences of their dwelling before and after the Australian COVID-19 national lockdown. Participants consisted of 214 Australian adults who completed a survey on apartment living between 2017 and 2019 and a follow-up survey in 2020. Questions focused on residents' perceptions of their dwelling design, apartment living experiences, and personal life events/changes due to the pandemic. Differences between pre- and post-lockdown periods were assessed via paired sample t-tests. The lived experience of a subset of residents (n = 91) following lockdown was also assessed using qualitative content analysis of free-text responses to an open-ended survey item. Compared to the pre-pandemic period, after the lockdown residents reported less satisfaction with the amount/layout of their apartment space and private open space (e.g., balconies or courtyards). Increased noise annoyance from indoor and outdoor noise sources was also reported, however disputes with neighbours decreased. The qualitative content analysis highlighted a complex interplay of personal, social and environmental impacts of the pandemic on residents. Findings suggest an increased 'dose' of the apartment facilitated by stay-at-home orders negatively influenced residents' apartment perceptions. Design strategies that maximise spacious, flexible dwelling layouts with health-promoting elements (e.g., enhanced natural light/ventilation and private open space) are recommended to promote healthy and restorative living environments for apartment residents.
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10. Natural environments, psychosocial health, and health behaviors in a crisis - A scoping review of the literature in the COVID-19 context.
PMID:日期:2023-06-01The COVID-19 outbreak led to major restrictions globally, affecting people's psychosocial health and their health behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the available research regarding nature and health in the COVID-19 context. Keywords relating to natural environments and COVID-19 were combined to conduct a systematic online search in six major databases. Eligibility criteria were a) published since 2020 with data collected in the COVID-19 context b) peer-reviewed, c) original empirical data collected on human participants, d) investigated the association between natural environments and psychosocial health or health behaviors, and e) English, German, or Scandinavian languages. Out of 9126 articles being screened, we identified 188 relevant articles, representing 187 distinct studies. Most research focused on adults in the general population and was predominantly conducted in the USA, Europe, and China. Overall, the findings indicate that nature may mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on psychological health and physical activity. Through a systematic thematic analysis of the extracted data, three primary themes were identified: 1) type of nature assessed, 2) psychosocial health and health behaviors investigated, and 3) heterogeneity in the nature-health relationship. Research gaps in the COVID-19 context were identified regarding I) nature characteristics that promote psychosocial health and health behaviors, II) investigations of digital and virtual nature, III) psychological constructs relating to mental health promotion, IV) health-promoting behaviors other than physical activity, V) underlying mechanisms regarding heterogeneity in the nature-health relationship based on human, nature, and geographic characteristics, and VI) research focusing on vulnerable groups. Overall, natural environments demonstrate considerable potential in buffering the impact of stressful events on a population level on mental health. However, future research is warranted to fill the mentioned research gaps and to examine the long-term effects of nature exposure during COVID-19.