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Restorative Experience and Self-Regulation in Favorite Places

Kalevi M. Korpela

University of Tampere, Finland

Terry Hartig

Institute for Housing and Urban Research of Uppsala University, Sweden

Florian G. Kaiser

Department of Technology Management at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Urs Fuhrer

Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

The authors report further evidence bearing on the relations among restorative experiences, self-regulation, and place attachment. University students (n = 101) described their favorite places and experiences in them, and 98 other students described unpleasant places. Natural settings were overrepresented among favorite places and underrepresented among the unpleasant places. In open-ended accounts, frequent mention of being relaxed, being away from everyday life, forgetting worries, and reflecting on personal matters indicated a link between favorite places and restorative experience. Restoration was particularly typical of natural favorite places. Structured evaluations of being away, fascination, coherence, and compatibility indicated they were experienced to a high degree in the favorite places, although fascination to a lesser degree than compatibility. The favorite and unpleasant places differed substantially in all four restorative qualities but especially in being away and compatibility. Self-referencing appears to be more characteristic of favorite place experiences than engaging or interesting environmental properties.

Environment and Behavior, Vol. 33, No. 4, 572-589 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/00139160121973133
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