Host: Center for Environmental Information Science
Pages 55-60
We focused on how influence to occur in the user’s mind and body by the forest stay of three days and two nights including camping experiences. The investigation was conducted for the seven respondents in Chichibu Forest (University of Tokyo) for three days in late October 2014. Respondents were checked their physical and mental state by using physiological indices (blood pressure, pulse, saliva amylase) and psychological indices (POMS, PANAS, ROS, SD) at the gathering time of the forest in each day morning. As a result, blood pressure and saliva amylase were statistically reduced day by day. Some index of POMS showed the significant or marginally significant difference and reduced these score day by day in each. ROS score rose day by day (Marginally significant). From above results, mental and physical restorativeness could be seen in the long-time forest staying like the camping use.
