Gender differences in human psychological responses to wooden indoor environment
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Gender differences in human psychological responses to wooden indoor environment Jingyun Shen1 · Xi Zhang2 · Zhiwei Lian1,3 Received: 7 December 2019 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Previous studies indicate that wooden environments could produce more positive emotions, more delightful sense of color, odor, light and less fatigue for occupants. The purpose of this study was to examine the gender differences in human psychological responses to three different types of wooden indoor environments. 10 female and 10 male participants were enrolled randomly in the experiment. The Profile of Mood States (POMS), a fatigue symptom checklist was used and some subjective feelings were evaluated. The results showed that: (1) female participants felt more warmth and brightness in the wooden rooms; (2) female participants’ olfactory sensation was 42% higher than male participant in the dark wooden room but experienced a greater decrease after a 50-min adaptation; (3) female participants reported more confusion and fatigue feelings while male participants reported more vigor feelings in different conditions. This study indicated that obvious gender differences existed in human psychological responses to the changes of wooden environment, with different wood colors and coverage rates. It is necessary to think critically about human connections with natural patterns and to improve health and well-being in the built environment with the consideration of gender differences.
1 Introduction Evans (2003) indicated that although we spend the vast majority of our time inside buildings, we know very little about the effects of indoor setting on our mental health. For example, thermal environment, carbon dioxide concentration, and light environment were all associated with health comfort ability and working performance (Lan et al. 2017; Fan et al. 2018; Sun et al. 2019). Yusoff and Arifin (2015) suggested that a positive environment has direct influence on reducing the psychological distress of medical students. Improving the educational environment will improve their * Zhiwei Lian [email protected] Jingyun Shen [email protected] Xi Zhang [email protected] 1
School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
2
Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of ChangZhou, ChangZhou, Jiangsu, China
3
China Institute of Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
psychological health. The physical environment is essential for people because it plays a significant role in human behavior, sleep quality and mental health (Lan et al. 2011; Ata et al. 2012; He et al. 2019; Xiong et al. 2019). Obvious gender differences have been found in color sensation and behaviors. In a study based on a large investigation (1924 males and 3766 females involved), Ellis and Ficek (2001) verified the existance of gender differences in color preference that males showed a greater preference for shades of blue. Gender difference not only appeared in color p
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