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dc.contributor.author | Liprini, Ruth M.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Coetzee, Nicoleen![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-07T12:22:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-07T12:22:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11-25 | |
dc.description.abstract | Previous research has suggested that natural green areas provide several psychological benefits to individuals. One such benefit is the restoration of attention capacities, an advantage that is of particular importance to university students. The present study, therefore, aimed to determine where students spend their free time on campus at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, how they perceive their on-campus green spaces and the extent to which they found these spaces restorative. Participants responded to a threepart questionnaire, investigating demographic characteristics, green space usage, and the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS). Statistical analyses were conducted to determine which of the green spaces contributed most significantly to overall PRS scores. All green areas made significant contributions, but the campus's botanical garden was the greatest contributor to PRS. The findings of this study serve to encourage tertiary institutions to protect their green spaces, as the psychological well-being and attention restoration of students are affected by it. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Psychology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2018 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.humangeographies.org.ro | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Liprini, R.M. & Coetzee, N. 2017, 'The relationship between students' perceptions of the University of Pretoria on-campus green spaces and attention restoration', Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 155-167. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1843-6587 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2067-2284 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.5719/hgeo.2017.112.2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66125 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | University of Bucharest | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2017 Human Geographies; The authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Attention restoration | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Green spaces | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Perceived restorativeness | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Psychological wellbeing | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Students | en_ZA |
dc.subject | University campus | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Free time | en_ZA |
dc.subject | University of Pretoria (UP) | en_ZA |
dc.title | The relationship between students' perceptions of the University of Pretoria on-campus green spaces and attention restoration | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |