ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PREFERENCE JUDGEMENTS FOR URBAN LANDSCAPES AND OTHER RELEVANT AFFECTIVE RESPONSES

In the general field of Environmental Psychology an increasing number of studies propose that subjects’ general well-being can be significantly increased as a result of contact with environments considered to have high aesthetic value. The present study has attempted to study the possible effects of the contemplation of everyday landscapes on citizens’ emotional well- being, identifying some of the main affective responses associated with aesthetic judgements of urban landscapes. Relevant data have been obtained by means of a photographic questionnaire administered individually to a representative sample of adolescents living in Seville, Spain. The results suggest that aesthetic appraisal responses play an important role from an affective...
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ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PREFERENCE JUDGEMENTS FOR URBAN LANDSCAPES AND OTHER RELEVANT AFFECTIVE RESPONSES