Effect of Outdoor Cycling, Virtual and Enhanced Reality Indoor Cycling on Heart Rate, Motivation, Enjoyment and Intention to Perform Green Exercise in Healthy Adults DOI Creative Commons
Luca Poli, Gianpiero Greco, Michele Gabriele

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Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(4), P. 183 - 183

Published: Oct. 2, 2024

Despite the benefits of physical activity (PA), Italy ranks low in leisure-time PA among European countries. Integrating virtual (VR)/enhanced (ER) reality with exercise equipment could boost engagement. Limited studies have explored how VR/ER-integrated cycling activity, compared to outdoor settings, influences university students. Therefore, this study aimed evaluate acute effects a brief session outdoors and indoors on psychological physiological outcomes, secondly, investigate potential VR/ER-mediated nature experiences as tool promote green exercise.

Language: Английский

Thriving Through Stressful Life Events with Nature: A Mixed-Method Study on Tending Indoor Plants and Rumination Resilience DOI Open Access
S. A. Azad, Melissa Marselle

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22(3), P. 369 - 369

Published: March 3, 2025

Stressful life events are often undesirable, inevitable, and significant changes in one's life, triggering rumination posing risks to mental health. However, these can be managed through coping strategies. Contact with nature has been shown reduce enhance well-being. The current study investigated the effectiveness of a one-month nature-based intervention enhancing psychological well-being building resilience manage following stressful event. In this mixed-method study, 26 participants were randomly allocated either an experimental group (n = 13), which tended Zamioculcas zamiifolia indoor plant for one month, or waitlist control 13). Quantitative findings showed that tending plants was significantly effective reducing depressive symptoms (p 0.003), perceived stress < 0.001), negative affect 0.017), 0.015), as well 0.03) compared post-intervention. Qualitative provided insight into how fosters resilience, mediating effects plant, contribution it makes 'Offers slice by bringing outside, in' demonstrates caring creates bridge connection nature. 'Fosters emotionally regulating personal sanctuary' captures help emotions provide sense empowerment helps mitigate tendency ruminate. 'Plants seeds improving self-care, growth introspection' highlights symbolic representation renewal. A narrative emerges: grow thrive attention, so too does individual, forming deep, reciprocal relationship between This nature's role developing paving way further research explore its caveats refine expand interventions.

Language: Английский

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The Connections among Interacting with Nature, Nature Relatedness and Dietary Choices: A Pilot Mixed Methods Study DOI Open Access
Dahlia Stott, Chetan Sharma, Jonathan Deutsch

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(7), P. 899 - 899

Published: July 10, 2024

Interacting with nature and a connection to (Nature Relatedness [NR]) have been associated better mental physical health as well higher levels of activity. However, limited research has explored how interacting NR may promote healthful dietary behaviors. The purpose this pilot convergent mixed methods study was explore the connections between nature, NR, choices. For descriptive purposes, we measured participants' (

Language: Английский

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Effect of Outdoor Cycling, Virtual and Enhanced Reality Indoor Cycling on Heart Rate, Motivation, Enjoyment and Intention to Perform Green Exercise in Healthy Adults DOI Creative Commons
Luca Poli, Gianpiero Greco, Michele Gabriele

et al.

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(4), P. 183 - 183

Published: Oct. 2, 2024

Despite the benefits of physical activity (PA), Italy ranks low in leisure-time PA among European countries. Integrating virtual (VR)/enhanced (ER) reality with exercise equipment could boost engagement. Limited studies have explored how VR/ER-integrated cycling activity, compared to outdoor settings, influences university students. Therefore, this study aimed evaluate acute effects a brief session outdoors and indoors on psychological physiological outcomes, secondly, investigate potential VR/ER-mediated nature experiences as tool promote green exercise.

Language: Английский

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