Green Space and Stress: Evidence from Cortisol Measures in Deprived Urban Communities
Heriot-Watt University · University of Edinburgh · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Contact with green space in the environment has been associated with mental health benefits, but the mechanism underpinning this association is not clear. This study extends an earlier exploratory study showing that more green space in deprived urban neighbourhoods in Scotland is linked to lower levels of perceived stress and improved physiological stress as measured by diurnal patterns of cortisol secretion. Salivary cortisol concentrations were measured at 3, 6 and 9 h post awakening over two consecutive weekdays, together with measures of perceived stress. Participants (n = 106) were men and women not in work aged between 35-55 years, resident in socially disadvantaged districts from the same Scottish, UK,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 21.55
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 41
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8Topics & keywords
- Urban green space
- Neighbourhood (mathematics)
- Mental health
- Demography
- Context (archaeology)
- Disadvantaged
- Psychology
- Space (punctuation)
- Sustainable cities and communities