Title: Study on the influence of residents' well-being on the use of urban parks and emotional recovery under air pollution environment

Authors: Xuan Li; Dan Xie; Xin Zhang; Guoying Hou

Addresses: Department of Urban and Rural Planning, School of Architecture and Art Design, HeBei University of Technology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Healthy Human Settlement Environment, Tian Jin, 300130, China ' Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Art Design, HeBei University of Technology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Healthy Human Settlement Environment, Tian Jin, 300130, China ' Department of Creative Design, School of Architecture and Art Design, HeBei University of Technology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Healthy Human Settlement Environment, Tian Jin, 300130, China ' Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Art Design, HeBei University of Technology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Healthy Human Settlement Environment, Tian Jin, 300130, China

Abstract: With the acceleration of urbanisation, the incidence of mental diseases is increasing year by year due to the continuous pressure of social environment. Urban parks can relieve pressure, stimulate positive emotions and produce positive psychological effects. Life happiness refers to the individual's overall perception and evaluation of life, which is related to the intensity and frequency of the occurrence of positive emotions. Through the questionnaire survey of users in Xigu Park in Tianjin (N = 226), correlation analysis, multiple correspondence analysis and other methods were used to explore the relationship between life satisfaction and environmental perception, park activities and emotional recovery. The results indicate that park activities enhance positive emotions and life happiness, happier individuals are more attentive to their environment and increased happiness leads to greater interest in park activities, resulting in a more relaxed atmosphere and better emotional recovery. Therefore, park activities can not only temporarily promote emotional recovery, but also bring lasting happiness experience.

Keywords: urban park; life happiness; emotional recovery; environmental perception; social environment; positive emotions; correlation analysis; relaxed atmosphere; satisfaction.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2023.135421

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2023 Vol.72 No.1, pp.70 - 85

Received: 14 Dec 2022
Accepted: 28 Sep 2023
Published online: 11 Dec 2023 *