Table 1.
Mean scores and standard deviations of the psychological stress of the virtual nature group and urban group at baseline (T0), week 3 (T1), and week 5 (T2).
| Virtual nature group | Urban group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 | T1 | T2 | |
| Psychological stress variables | ||||||
| Nature connectedness | 67.1 (18.6) |
74.9 (14.9) |
74.2 (16.2) |
56.6 (19.9) |
47.6 (22.4) |
51.8 (23.8) |
| Total mood disturbance (POMS) | 40.3 (23.3) |
32.9 (24.8) |
31.6 (24.3) |
31.1 (19.5) |
35.9 (21.5) |
36.2 (25.4) |
| Perceived restorativeness (PRS) | 19.8 (4.9) |
21.3 (4.3) |
21.1 (3.8) |
19.9 (4.5) |
18.3 (5.9) |
17.8 (5.2) |
| Happiness | 6.7 (2.1) |
7.7 (1.9) |
7.9 (1.5) |
7.6 (1.60) |
7.3 (2.0) |
7.4 (1.8) |
| Psychological well-being (SPW) | 84.0 (13.1) |
84.1 (15.4) |
88.9 (16.5) |
84.9 (11.5) |
84.7 (10.8) |
83.6 (11.7) |
| Degree of emotion: comfortable to uncomfortable | 8.2 (2.5) |
9.2 (2.4) |
8.9 (2.5) |
8.4 (2.7) |
7.6 (2.7) |
8.1 (2.3) |
| Degree of emotion: relaxed to aroused | 8.3 (1.8) |
9.4 (2.3) |
8.47 (2.55) |
7.8 (2.7) |
7.8 (2.4) |
8.0 (1.8) |
| Degree of emotion: natural to artificial | 7.7 (2.4) |
9.6 (1.9) |
8.9 (1.8) |
6.9 (3.0) |
6.0 (2.5) |
7.1 (2.5) |