Forest therapy program reduces academic and job-seeking stress among college students

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ID22350558
AuthorsByunghoon Kang (0009-0007-1750-2794, Chungbuk National University), Byung-Hoon Kang (0000-0002-0207-4885), Won-Sop Shin (0000-0002-5665-1502, Chungbuk National University)
Year2020
Volume23
Issue3
Pages363-375
Publication date2020-06-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of People, Plants, and Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2508-7673 • E-ISSN: 2508-7681
PublisherKorean Society for People, Plants, and Environment (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11628/ksppe.2020.23.3.363
OpenAlexW3039768241
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

Background and objective: Recreation or activities in forest are regarded as therapy. Many forest therapy programs have been developed and assessed in the domestic. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the forest therapy program on academic and job-seeking stress in college students. Methods: Thirty five subjects were selected as the experimental group and 25 as the control group, and 29 subjects in the experimental group and 11 in the control group participated in the follow-up test to verify the persistence of stress reduction effects. The forest therapy program was carried out once a week for 2 hours each from September 4 to December 4, 2018, adding up to total eight sessions. Results: The experimental group showed statistically significant reduction in both academic stress and job-seeking stress, whereas the control group did not. For the persistence of the forest therapy program, the experimental group did not show a statistically significant difference between the posttest and the follow-up test, and thus the stress reduction effect was maintained

Physical therapy · Recreation · Stress reduction · Clinical Psychology · Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies · Engineering · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Psychology · Urban Green Space and Health · Ecology

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