Green Schoolyards as Havens from Stress and Resources for Resilience in Childhood and Adolescence

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Title: Green Schoolyards as Havens from Stress and Resources for Resilience in Childhood and Adolescence
Abstract/Description: This paper investigates how green schoolyards can reduce stress and promote protective factors for resilience in students. It documents student responses to green schoolyards in Maryland and Colorado in the United States under three conditions: young elementary school children׳s play in wooded areas during recess; older elementary school children׳s use of a naturalized habitat for science and writing lessons; and high school students׳ involvement in gardening. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews, it describes how the natural areas enabled students to escape stress, focus, build competence, and form supportive social groups. These findings have implications for theories of resilience and restoration and school interventions for stress management.
Author/creator: Chawla, Louise; Keena, Kelly; Pevec, Illène; Stanley, Emily
Date: 2014
In publication: Health & Place
Volume: 28
Pages: 1-13
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Conceptual
Keywords: children; nature; resilience; schoolyards; stress
Open access/free-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
Language: en
ISSN: 1353-8292
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.001
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (ScienceDirect)
Citation: Chawla, L., Keena, K., Pevec, I., & Stanley, E. (2014). Green Schoolyards as Havens from Stress and Resources for Resilience in Childhood and Adolescence. Health & Place, 28, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.001
Cited in: Critical Social Network Analysis as a Method for Examining How Power Mediates Improvement Efforts
Abbreviation: Health & Place

Item sets: Handbook Chapter 17 Citations

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