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Instrumental and spiritual views of people-environment relations.
Abstract
Feng shui is a philosophy of setting and placing buildings and elements in an environment. It aims to realize physical environments that encourage well-being through the utilization of flowing energy Environmental psychology is a scientific discipline that studies how to design environments that can meet the needs of their occupants and facilitate their activities in order to promote their well-being. Although feng shui is very popular and is used around the world, its effects have not been scientifically evaluated. Objective and systematic methods are still needed to test the effects of feng shui on people's well-being. This paper starts with an overview of the basic principles and schools of thought of environmental psychology and feng shin and then focuses on the comparison between these two disciplines, with particular references to two aspects of psychological impacts of the physical environment: restorativeness and control.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stokols, D.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 1990
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 641-646
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2025361974
- Cited by
- 182
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 47.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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