Abstract:
Employees face many demands throughout the workday. Participating in activities can help employees recover from the pressures of work, and physical activity and time spent in nature are among the most beneficial. Simulations of nature offer some of the benefits of actual contact with nature and can address some of the barriers to exercising outdoors that some employees may face. In this pilot study, we examine the influence of physical activity and virtual or actual nature contact on affect, boredom, and satisfaction when experienced during a break from a demanding work task. Twenty-five employed adults participated in an online study in which they completed a problem-solving task, completed a twenty-minute break, and then completed another session of the problem-solving task. During the break, participants were randomized to either a control condition, a physical activity and low-fidelity virtual nature contact condition, a physical activity and high-fidelity virtual nature contact condition, or a physical activity and actual nature contact condition. An examination of the means of affect, boredom, and satisfaction before, during, and after the break revealed that those in high-fidelity virtual nature and actual nature contact conditions seemed to report more positive well-being during the break. The results highlight that to help employees recover from work demands, it could be important to take breaks, be physically active, and have contact with nature, which should be simulated in high fidelity if actual nature contact cannot be achieved.
摘要:
员工在整个工作日面临许多要求。参加活动可以帮助员工从工作压力中恢复过来,体力活动和在大自然中度过的时间是最有益的。模拟自然提供了一些与自然实际接触的好处,并可以解决一些员工可能面临的户外活动障碍。在这项试点研究中,我们研究身体活动和虚拟或实际自然接触对情感的影响,无聊,在从苛刻的工作任务中休息时体验到的满足感。25名就业成年人参加了一项在线研究,他们完成了一项解决问题的任务,完成了二十分钟的休息,然后完成了另一个解决问题的任务。在休息期间,参与者被随机分配到任何一个对照条件,身体活动和低保真虚拟自然接触条件,身体活动和高保真虚拟自然接触条件,或身体活动和实际自然接触条件。对影响手段的检查,无聊,和以前的满意度,during,休息后,那些在高保真虚拟自然和实际自然接触条件下的人似乎在休息期间报告了更多积极的幸福感。结果强调,为了帮助员工从工作需求中恢复过来,休息可能很重要,身体活跃,与大自然接触,如果无法实现实际的自然接触,则应进行高保真度的模拟。