THE FIRST of the several statements on which our speakers agreed is that today the
important environmental stresses come from the social rather than the physical environment …

The study evaluated stress-related complaints of residents living on contaminated ground.
Two hundred and fifteen residents of an area that was contaminated by toxics of a former …

Research suggests that stays in a forest promote relaxation and reduce stress compared to
spending time in a city. The aim of this study was to compare stays in a forest with another …

Background Air pollution, green space and smoking are known to affect human health.
However, less is known about their underlying biological mechanisms. One of these …

This paper examines people's affective reactions towards air pollution and some personality
and demographic correlates of these reactions. Data were collected by means of a survey …

Increasingly frequent environmental exposures to hazardous substances present mental
health professionals with groups and at times communities of people, faced with high levels …

Background Air pollution is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Experimental studies, and a few epidemiological studies, suggest that air pollution may …

Two questions are at the bases of this paper:(1) what is the importance of environmental
features among all other factors contributing to threaten the individual's quality of life, and (2) …

Abstract Background and Aim Few studies have reported the association between air
pollution exposure with different dimensions of depression. We aimed to explore this …

Environmental psychology is the subdiscipline of psychological science that deals with
psychological processes engaged in encounters between people and the built and natural …