{"title":"Pathways mediating neighborhood green spaces on emotions of populations with different mental health in Nanjing, China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103457","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous studies on the relationship between green spaces exposure and emotions paid limited attention to populations with varying mental health conditions, especially the pathways of influence on high-risk mental health populations are less clear. The current study explored the differences of pathways among people with varying mental health conditions using cross-sectional data from 859 individuals residing in 9 neighborhoods in Nanjing, China. Evident illustrate that the neighborhood safety associated with green spaces is important across all populations. The relationship between green spaces and emotional benefits is more complex in populations with good mental health Environmental attractiveness in serial mediation model was a crucial factor influencing later mediators. This study validated emotional benefits are more sensitive to buffer size. In future urban planning, coordinated interventions for different mental health populations should be emphasized.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Geography","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622824002625","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Previous studies on the relationship between green spaces exposure and emotions paid limited attention to populations with varying mental health conditions, especially the pathways of influence on high-risk mental health populations are less clear. The current study explored the differences of pathways among people with varying mental health conditions using cross-sectional data from 859 individuals residing in 9 neighborhoods in Nanjing, China. Evident illustrate that the neighborhood safety associated with green spaces is important across all populations. The relationship between green spaces and emotional benefits is more complex in populations with good mental health Environmental attractiveness in serial mediation model was a crucial factor influencing later mediators. This study validated emotional benefits are more sensitive to buffer size. In future urban planning, coordinated interventions for different mental health populations should be emphasized.
期刊介绍:
Applied Geography is a journal devoted to the publication of research which utilizes geographic approaches (human, physical, nature-society and GIScience) to resolve human problems that have a spatial dimension. These problems may be related to the assessment, management and allocation of the world physical and/or human resources. The underlying rationale of the journal is that only through a clear understanding of the relevant societal, physical, and coupled natural-humans systems can we resolve such problems. Papers are invited on any theme involving the application of geographical theory and methodology in the resolution of human problems.