Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Keywords
biophilic attributes, campus outdoors, quality of life, student connectedness, student restoration
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume
12
Abstract
University Campuses remain important settings for nurturing and supporting student health and quality of life (QoL). Research shows the health benefits of nature experiences may be facilitated by campus spaces and activities that afford connectedness. Connectedness to nature, others, and self may allow students to cope with mental fatigue, stress, and a constant need for restoration. Despite recent encouraging trends, we still lack an integrative conceptual framework to describe the mechanisms involved in achieving connectedness for making recommendations for campus design. In this conceptual review, we examine students’ connectedness in campus settings in relation to biophilic elements and attributes. We aim to understand how both direct and indirect pursuits in nature and also place-based experiences on campus foster connectedness and consequently impact students’ health and QoL. Our analysis shows that connectedness seen through the lens of Kellert’s biophilic design principles and aided by Alexander’s pattern language provides a relational and long-term perspective on recommending strategies for connecting students to nature, to others, and to themselves in campus settings.
Department
School of Applied Human Sciences
Original Publication Date
4-13-2022
Object Description
1 PDF file
DOI of published version
10.3389/fpsyg.2021.793175
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Date Digital
2022
Copyright
©2022 The Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Alves, Susana; Gulwadi, Gowri Betrabet; and Nilsson, Pia, "An Exploration Of How Biophilic Attributes On Campuses Might Support Student Connectedness To Nature, Others, And Self" (2022). Faculty Publications. 5254.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5254
Comments
First published in Frontiers in Psychology, 12:793175 (2022) published by Frontiers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.793175