Restoration in urban settings: pilot adaptation and psychometric properties of two psychological restoration and place bonding scales / Restauración en contextos urbanos: adaptación piloto y propiedades psicométricas de dos escalas de restauración psicológica y vinculación con el espacio

Abstract

Abstract Over the past few decades, a significant volume of research has been dedicated to the study of psychological restoration within and outside the field of Environmental Psychology. Following a period during which this research focused on gathering evidence in favour of the restorative potential of nature, the notion of restoration in urban settings is beginning to emerge as a new area of interest, with implications for the improvement of urban quality of life. This article presents an adaptation of two scales to be used in specific urban settings (squares, streets or boulevards), which could be valuable to the scientific community to this end: the Restoration Outcome Scale and the Attachment and Identification Scale. An online survey was conducted with 170 subjects. The adapted versions of these instruments obtained adequate reliability indices, and the results also indicate that these scales show convergent validity.