Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visits
Shopping centres function as meeting places, and people are using them for various non-shopping purposes. Knowledge about different social spaces, and how they are used and perceived, is important for understanding health and wellbeing in the community and for developing health promoting societies....
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| author | Gry Rustad Pettersen Emma C.A. Nordbø Jo Ese Camilla Ihlebæk |
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| description | Shopping centres function as meeting places, and people are using them for various non-shopping purposes. Knowledge about different social spaces, and how they are used and perceived, is important for understanding health and wellbeing in the community and for developing health promoting societies. This scoping review provides an overview of existing research examining people's positive experiences and motivations for visiting shopping centres when shopping is not the main purpose. The results showed that people are motivated by the variety of available activities found in shopping centres and that they valued specific site features of the shopping centres. People reported a range of positive experiences when visiting shopping centres including social interactions, opportunities to escape their everyday life, and experiences of place attachment and social cohesion. This shows that, non-shopping use of shopping centres seems to be important for people's wellbeing and might facilitate health promotion and social sustainability in local communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d74953441a8441bcb38a23be37e1f34d2023-06-21T07:00:42ZengElsevierWellbeing, Space and Society2666-55812023-01-014100133Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visitsGry Rustad Pettersen0Emma C.A. Nordbø1Jo Ese2Camilla Ihlebæk3Department of Public Health Science, Norwegian University of life sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway; Corresponding author at: Department of Public Health Science, Norwegian university of life sciences (NMBU), PO box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway.Department of Public Health Science, Norwegian University of life sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway; The Centre for Evidence-Based Public Health: A JBI Affiliated Group, NorwayFaculty of Health and Social Work Studies, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, NorwayDepartment of Public Health Science, Norwegian University of life sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway; Faculty of Health and Social Work Studies, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, NorwayShopping centres function as meeting places, and people are using them for various non-shopping purposes. Knowledge about different social spaces, and how they are used and perceived, is important for understanding health and wellbeing in the community and for developing health promoting societies. This scoping review provides an overview of existing research examining people's positive experiences and motivations for visiting shopping centres when shopping is not the main purpose. The results showed that people are motivated by the variety of available activities found in shopping centres and that they valued specific site features of the shopping centres. People reported a range of positive experiences when visiting shopping centres including social interactions, opportunities to escape their everyday life, and experiences of place attachment and social cohesion. This shows that, non-shopping use of shopping centres seems to be important for people's wellbeing and might facilitate health promotion and social sustainability in local communities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666558123000076Shopping centreNon-shoppingHealthWell-beingSocial spacePublic space |
| spellingShingle | Gry Rustad Pettersen Emma C.A. Nordbø Jo Ese Camilla Ihlebæk Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visits Wellbeing, Space and Society Shopping centre Non-shopping Health Well-being Social space Public space |
| title | Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visits |
| title_full | Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visits |
| title_fullStr | Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visits |
| title_short | Can shopping centres foster wellbeing? A scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non-shopping visits |
| title_sort | can shopping centres foster wellbeing a scoping review of motivations and positive experiences associated with non shopping visits |
| topic | Shopping centre Non-shopping Health Well-being Social space Public space |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666558123000076 |
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