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Bennett, Maureen L.

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The relation between landscape type and perceived restorative character of coastal landscapes.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The relation between landscape type and perceived restorative character of coastal landscapes./
Author:	Bennett, Maureen L.
Description:	98 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-07A.
Subject:	Environmental Philosophy. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3450953
ISBN:	9781124605180

The relation between landscape type and perceived restorative character of coastal landscapes.
Bennett, Maureen L.

The relation between landscape type and perceived restorative character of coastal landscapes. - 98 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2011.

The effort required for an individual to focus on a difficult mental activity in the face of potential distraction is essential to the successful negotiation of many activities in our world today. While it is important for an individual to maintain focused attention, this kind of effort is susceptible to fatigue. Environments with restorative character may increase the probability that particular kinds of psychological outcomes, such as recovery from fatigued attention may occur. Attention restoration theory (ART) states that recovery from attentional fatigue occurs more fully in natural settings characterized by four features, being away, fascination, extent, and compatibility. Yet, little is empirically known about the relations between certain natural settings and fatigued attention. Coastlines are popular vacation spots because they are visually complex, offer the promise of perceived tranquility and escape opportunities allowing them to be classified into three landscape types found in the landscape literature: pastoral, middle, and sublime. Pastoral landscapes are natural environments that represent a peaceful rural life devoid of urban or societal influences. Middle landscapes are natural environments in which human influence is felt but not readily apparent so that there is a harmonious blending of nature and culture. Sublime landscapes refer to environments that elicit a sense of fear or awe. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between landscape type and the perceived restorative character of coastline environments. To accomplish this data were collected from students at the University of Utah. Individuals were shown a series of slides depicting pastoral, middle, or sublime coastal settings and then were asked to record their impressions using the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS). Data analysis was accomplished using SPSS multilevel modeling techniques with observation as the level one variable and individual as the level two variable. Results indicated that sublime landscapes were judged to have less restorative character than either middle or pastoral coastal landscapes and middle coastal landscapes less restorative character than pastoral coastal landscapes. A person-level effect was found indicating happier individuals also judged the landscape scenes as having more restorative character than individuals who rated themselves as being less happy.

ISBN: 9781124605180Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669634
Environmental Philosophy.

The relation between landscape type and perceived restorative character of coastal landscapes.
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