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 | |||||||
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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 | F | |||
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.