Description
This repository contains data related to the field experiments of the RESTORE project. This project is a collaboration between the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science & Technology (EMPA). It has received funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The overall objective of the RESTORE project was to assess the effects of green spaces as facilitators and noise as impediment to recover from stress in people's daily environments across Switzerland.
We conducted a randomized, controlled field study to compare the psychophysiological benefits of exposure to forests and urban built environments with different levels of road traffic noise in healthy adults during 30-minute walks in Zürich, Switzerland to explore:
1) The psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure
2) The effects of walking in urban forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure on repetitive negative thinking and connectedness with the non-human world
3) The effects of a mindful walking intervention in urban forests for healthy adults
Accordingly, this repository includes data and documentation for the 3 scientific articles:
Scientific article 1. “Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial", BMC Psychology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01720-x
Scientific article 2. "Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure: A randomized controlled trial“. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2025.
Scientific article 3. “The effects of walking in urban forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure on repetitive negative thinking and connectedness with the non-human world: A randomized controlled trial". To be submitted to PLOS One, 2025.
Scientific article 4: "Effects of a mindful walking intervention in urban forests for healthy adults". To be submitted to Current Psychology, 2025.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06_Studyprotocol_GPS tracks of the walking routes.zip | ZIP | Open resource | |
| 06_Studyprotocol_GPS tracks of the walking routes.zip | ZIP | Open resource | |
| 03a_Studyprotocol_Data on evaluation of acoustic impression of the test settings_Studyprotocol.sav | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 03a_Studyprotocol_Data on evaluation of acoustic impression of the test settings_Studyprotocol.sav | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 02_Studyprotocol_Data on Laeq from noise recordings of walking routes_Studyprotocol.sav | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 02_Studyprotocol_Data on Laeq from noise recordings of walking routes_Studyprotocol.sav | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 03b_Studyprotocol_Script_Analysis stationary noise evaluation.sps.sps | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 03b_Studyprotocol_Script_Analysis stationary noise evaluation.sps.sps | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 10_P2P3_Questionnaire_t3.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 10_P2P3_Questionnaire_t3.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 04_Studyprotocol_Participant information sheet.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 04_Studyprotocol_Participant information sheet.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 11_P4_S1_Instructions for individual mindful walking.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 11_P4_S1_Instructions for individual mindful walking.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 01_Studyprotocol_Locations of the starting points of the walking routes in the test settings.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 01_Studyprotocol_Locations of the starting points of the walking routes in the test settings.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 09_P2_Fotos Noise ROS paper.zip | ZIP | Open resource | |
| 09_P2_Fotos Noise ROS paper.zip | ZIP | Open resource | |
| 08_P2P3_Restore_WP2_P2P3_used_variables.sav | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 08_P2P3_Restore_WP2_P2P3_used_variables.sav | Unknown | Open resource | |
| 05_Studyprotocl_Participant consent form.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 05_Studyprotocl_Participant consent form.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 07_Studyprotocol_Test site pictures.zip | ZIP | Open resource | |
| 07_Studyprotocol_Test site pictures.zip | ZIP | Open resource | |
| 12_P4_S2_Description of mindful walking intervention on site.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 12_P4_S2_Description of mindful walking intervention on site.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 10_P2P3_Questionnaire_t2.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 10_P2P3_Questionnaire_t2.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 10_P2P3_Questionnaire_t1.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 10_P2P3_Questionnaire_t1.pdf | Open resource | ||
| 13_P4_Data mindful walking.sav | Unknown | Open resource |