Abstract

IGLESIAS, Letícia; ALVES, Roberta Borghetti; SILVA, Júlia Roberta da  and  SONDA, Rafaela Rodrigues. Restorative environments for university students: an integrative review. Estud. psicol. (Natal) [online]. 2021, vol.26, n.4, pp. 434-444. ISSN 1413-294X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20210041.

This article aimed to analyze the scientific productions of the last five years, focused on the restorative environments in universities. The guiding question was defined and the selection of articles in the databases was conducted. A total of 774 articles were found to verify which of those met the criteria; thus, 15 articles remained. After the critical analysis, a discussion with the literature was conducted, and a flowchart with a demonstration of the phases was elaborated. There was a primacy of international studies and a prevalence of the use of the Psychoevolutionary and Attention Restoration theories. The main characteristics of the environments were: trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers, bird sounds, and absence of people. The outstanding benefits were the promotion of well-being, increased attention, and decreased stress. This research made possible to identify the physical aspects for the implementation of restorative environments in universities.

Keywords : restorative environments; university; environmental psychology.

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