Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation Method
An accruing body of research suggests that urban environments negatively affect mental health and well-being. It is thought that some of this so-called “urbanicity effect” can be explained by the perceived quality of the living environment. The two studies reported here used online survey methods to...
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| author | Rhiannon Corcoran Rosie Mansfield Trina Giokas Amy Hawkins Lauren Bamford Graham Marshall |
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| description | An accruing body of research suggests that urban environments negatively affect mental health and well-being. It is thought that some of this so-called “urbanicity effect” can be explained by the perceived quality of the living environment. The two studies reported here used online survey methods to explore changes to self-reported psychological mechanisms thought to underpin mental health and well-being before and after participants briefly contemplated urban/rural or desirable/undesirable residential images. Our findings demonstrate that even brief contemplation of places change how we consider our futures and that places deemed relatively undesirable appear to promote a threat-focused anticipatory set. Importantly, these changes were not found to be associated with perceived urbanity but rather with perceived desirability of place. These findings should be considered alongside increasing evidence that urban regeneration and place-making are matters of public health concern. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba067cf18f5c427a81df3c1344f3fb6f2022-12-21T18:24:38ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402017-05-01710.1177/2158244017707004Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation MethodRhiannon Corcoran0Rosie Mansfield1Trina Giokas2Amy Hawkins3Lauren Bamford4Graham Marshall5University of Liverpool, UKUniversity of Liverpool, UKUniversity of Liverpool, UKUniversity of Liverpool, UKUniversity of Liverpool, UKProsocial Place, Liverpool, UKAn accruing body of research suggests that urban environments negatively affect mental health and well-being. It is thought that some of this so-called “urbanicity effect” can be explained by the perceived quality of the living environment. The two studies reported here used online survey methods to explore changes to self-reported psychological mechanisms thought to underpin mental health and well-being before and after participants briefly contemplated urban/rural or desirable/undesirable residential images. Our findings demonstrate that even brief contemplation of places change how we consider our futures and that places deemed relatively undesirable appear to promote a threat-focused anticipatory set. Importantly, these changes were not found to be associated with perceived urbanity but rather with perceived desirability of place. These findings should be considered alongside increasing evidence that urban regeneration and place-making are matters of public health concern.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017707004 |
| spellingShingle | Rhiannon Corcoran Rosie Mansfield Trina Giokas Amy Hawkins Lauren Bamford Graham Marshall Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation Method SAGE Open |
| title | Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation Method |
| title_full | Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation Method |
| title_fullStr | Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation Method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation Method |
| title_short | Places Change Minds: Exploring the Psychology of Urbanicity Using a Brief Contemplation Method |
| title_sort | places change minds exploring the psychology of urbanicity using a brief contemplation method |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017707004 |
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