Author(s)

Xiaokang Lin ¹, Xiwen Yuan ², Shu Xu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Guangzhou Huashang College, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 511300, China
² Guangzhou Songtian Polytechnic College, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 511370, China

Corresponding Author

Shu Xu

ABSTRACT

In order to explore the effect of restorative environment on college students' anxiety level and cognitive control level, 60 college students were selected as subjects in this study and randomly divided into experimental and control groups, with the experimental group watching the restorative environment video and the control group watching the urban environment video. The state anxiety of the subjects was evoked through the fear trauma movie paradigm, and the State Anxiety Scale and Stroop task were used to measure the state anxiety level and cognitive control level of the subjects, and both were assessed before and after watching the video. The results found that subjects' state anxiety levels decreased significantly and cognitive control levels increased significantly after watching the restorative environment video. There was no significant change in subjects' state anxiety levels and cognitive control levels after watching the urban environment video. These results suggest that restorative environments have a significant impact on alleviating college students' anxiety as well as improving cognitive control.

KEYWORDS

Restorative environment; State anxiety; Cognitive control

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiaokang Lin, Xiwen Yuan, Shu Xu, Impact of Restorative Environment on State Anxiety and Cognitive Control in College Students. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 184-189. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050525.

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