OKUL YEŞİL ALAN KALİTESİ İLE ÖĞRENCİLERİN ALGISAL RESTORASYON VE PSİKO-SOSYAL SAĞLIKLARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 96 - 108, 31.12.2024

Abdullah Akpınar

https://doi.org/10.53784/peyzaj.1553777

Abstract

Bu çalışma okul yeşil alan kalitesi ile öğrencilerin algısal restorasyon ve psiko-sosyal sağlıkları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektedir. Veriler Mayıs 2022 tarihinde yaşları 10-19 arasında değişen 381 öğrenci ile yüz yüze yapılan anket çalışması ile toplanmıştır. Çalışmada öğrencilerin algısal restorasyonları (uzaklaşma, büyülenme, uyum/ahenk ve uyumluluk), Algısal Restorasyon Ölçeği ile psiko-sosyal sağlıkları ise Güçler ve Güçlükler Anketi ile ölçülmüştür. Okul yeşil alan kalitesi alanında uzman iki peyzaj mimarınca skorlanmıştır. Veriler çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi ile analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda, okul yeşil alan estetiği ve su yüzeyi ile öğrencilerin algısal restorasyonları (uyum/ahenk ve uyumluluk) pozitif anlamlı ilişkili bulunmuştur. Sonuçlar ayrıca öğrencilerin Vücut Kütle İndeksleri ile öğrencilerin psiko-sosyal sağlıkları arasında negatif anlamlı ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar doğrultusunda, okul kampüsü yeşil alanlarının estetik ve su yüzeylerine sahip olarak tasarlanması gerektiği önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Okul kampüsü, yeşil alan, ruh sağlığı, psiko-sosyal sağlık, Aydın

INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUALITY OF SCHOOL’S GREEN SPACE AND STUDENTS’ PERCEIVED RESTORATION AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL HEALTH

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between the school green space quality and students' perceived restoration and psycho-social health. Data were collected through a face-to-face survey conducted with 381 students aged 10-19 in May 2022. In the study, students' perceived restorations (i.e., being away, fascination, coherence, and compatibility) were measured with the Perceived Restoration Scale, and their psycho-social health was measured with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. School green space quality was scored by two expert landscape architects. Data were analyzed using multilevel linear regression analysis. As a result of the regression analysis, a positive significant relationship was found between school green space aesthetics and water surface and students' perceptual restorations (harmony and compatibility). The results also showed that there was a negative significant relationship between students' Body Mass Index and students' psychosocial health. Based on the results, it is suggested that school campus green spaces should be designed with aesthetics and blue spaces.

Keywords

School campus, green space, mental health, psycho-social health, Aydın

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