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. 2019 Jul 3;10:1413. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01413

Table 3.

Effects on BDS performance from pre- to post environment exposures by study sample, and aggregated time (pre- vs. post environment) by environment conditions (nature vs. urban) by order effects on BDS across study samples.

Study sample Nature 1st/Urban 2nd Urban 1st/Nature 2nd Other Time* Env Time * Env * Order
N t-test Pre-post Nature (S1) Pre-post Urban (S2) Pre-post Nature (S2) Pre-post Urban (S1) Pre-post (S1) F-test F Etap2 F Etap2
1. Walk, UM, Berman et al. (2008) 37 t 3.343 0.000 3.422 2.452 F 5.670 0.139 3.193 0.084
df 19 19 16 16 df 1, 35 1, 35
p 0.003 1.000 0.003 0.026 p 0.023 0.083
2. Picture study, UM, Berman et al. (2008) 12 t 1.369 1.557 2.803 0.667 F 0.486 0.046 0.953 0.087
df 5 5 5 5 df 1, 10 1, 10
p 0.229 0.180 0.038 0.534 p 0.501 0.352
3. Walk, healthy sample, UM, 2011. 21 t 3.684 1.701 1.090 1.861 F 0.033 0.002 1.313 0.065
df 10 10 9 9 df 1, 19 1, 19
p 0.004 0.120 0.304 0.096 p 0.858 0.266
4. Walk, MDD sample, UM, Berman et al. (2012) 19 t 1.835 −3.000 3.308 1.060 F 18.661 0.523 0.703 0.040
df 8 8 9 9 df 1, 17 1, 17
p 0.104 0.017 0.009 0.317 p 0.000 0.414
5. Picture study, UC, 2015. 45 t 1.576 −1.577 −0.436 1.141 F 0.423 0.010 5.049 0.105
df 20 20 23 23 df 1, 43 1, 43
p 0.131 0.130 0.667 0.266 p 0.519 0.030
6. Picture study, UM, 2015. 37 t 2.377 −1.513 0.907 2.158 F 1.844 0.050 6.495 0.157
df 15 15 20 20 df 1, 35 1, 35
p 0.031 0.151 0.375 0.043 p 0.183 0.015
7. Walk, UC, 2016. 49 t 1.283 −1.489 0.871 1.528 F 0.610 0.013 1.476 0.030
df 25 25 22 22 df 1, 47 1, 47
p 0.211 0.149 0.393 0.141 p 0.439 0.230
8. Virtual Reality 1, UC, 2016. 82 t 2.314 0.521 1.513 2.855 F 0.015 0.000 3.621 0.043
df 39 39 41 41 df 1, 80 1, 80
p 0.026 0.605 0.138 0.007 p 0.903 0.061
9. Virtual Reality 2- with habituation, UC, 2016. 82 t −1.657 0.516 3.169 F 2.393 0.029
df 39 41 81 df 1, 80
p 0.106 0.609 0.002 p 0.126
10. Composite study- Sounds, UC, Van Hedger et al. (2018) 44 t 1.889 0.502 F 0.692 0.016
df 21 21 df 1, 42
p 0.073 0.621 p 0.410
11. Composite study- Pictures, UC, 2016. 40 t 1.022 1.788 F 0.221 0.006
df 18 20 df 1, 38
p 0.320 0.089 p 0.641
12. Video study, UBC, Bourrier et al. (2018) 60 (+30) t 3.467 0.128 1.223 F 3.695 0.060
df 29 29 29 df 1, 58
p 0.002 0.899 0.231 p 0.059
13. Picture dose study- Session 1 and 2, UM, 2009. 39 t 3.620 1.651 F
df 38 36 df
p 0.001 0.107 p
Total, studies with env as within-subj factor (study 1–8) 302 t 5.833 −0.955 3.467 5.017 F 5.989 0.020 17.78 0.056
df 148 148 152 152 df 1, 300 1, 300
p 0.000 0.341 0.001 0.000 p 0.015 0.000
Total, studies with env as betw-subj factor (study 9–12) 226 t 3.793 −1.657 0.516 1.183 3.341 F 4.223 0.019
df 70 39 41 72 111 df 1, 224
p 0.000 0.106 0.609 0.241 0.001 p 0.041
Grand Total 528 t 6.966 −1.673 3.320 4.64
df 219 188 194 225
p 0.000 0.096 0.001 0.000
M diff 0.968 −0.228 0.510 0.725
SE 0.139 0.136 0.154 0.156
95% CI Lower 0.694 −0.496 0.207 0.417
Upper 1.242 0.041 0.813 1.032

F-statistics are from factorial general linear models with BDS as the dependent variable and the factors time

*

environment, and additionally time*environment*order for within-subjects study designs. Time is always a within-subjects factor. Environment is a within-subjects factor in the randomized crossover studies, and a between-subjects factor in the randomized controlled studies. Order of environment conditions is a between-subjects factor in the randomized crossover studies. M diff = mean difference between BDS performance scores pre- vs. post the environment interaction. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) t-values and F-values are marked in bold. UM, Univ. of Michigan; UC, Univ. of Chicago; UBC, Univ. of British Columbia; S1, test session 1; S2, test session 2.

Excludes the Picture dose study sample.