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Psychological Effects of Pet Plant Gardening on University Students

반려식물 가드닝이 대학생들의 심리면에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Hee-Seog (Interdisciplinary Program in Environmental Technology, Graduate School, Gangneung-Wonju National University) ;
  • Cho, Tae-Dong (Dept. of Environmental Landscape Architecture, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
  • 김희석 (강릉원주대학교 대학원 환경기술협동과정) ;
  • 조태동 (강릉원주대학교 환경조경학과)
  • Received : 2018.03.05
  • Accepted : 2018.03.28
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

With rapid growth of the one-person households, this study focused on the psychological effects of pet plant gardening, one of the new trend of gardening among them. To clarify the psychological influences of pet plant gardening, 30 university students conducted gardening of pet plants in 90 days and the psychological effects was measured by the standardization personality inventory test before and after gardening. As results, pet plant gardening showed the effects of decreasing depression feeling of all participants, and the effects was significant in female than male. Pet plants gardening led to change females' personality more actively and more leadingly. Therefore, this data verified the positive effects in psychologically and induced personality showed pet plants gardening induced the positive effects the aspects of psychology and personality.

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