{"id":980,"date":"2017-09-02T12:05:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/?p=980"},"modified":"2017-09-02T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T21:07:23","slug":"positive-effects-of-nature-imagery-on-inmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/positive-effects-of-nature-imagery-on-inmates\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive effects of nature imagery on inmates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/barbed-wire-819010_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-986\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/barbed-wire-819010_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a year-long study of 500 male prison inmates placed in restrictive housing, researchers found that watching videos\u00a0of nature imagery were linked to lowered stress levels and a significant decrease in the number of disciplinary referrals due to violent infractions.<\/p>\n<p>Inmates&#8217; self-report\u00a0on their emotional responses agree with the study&#8217;s overall findings. \u00a0A great majority of the participants reported feeling calmer and felt better for sustained periods. \u00a0They also stated that they enjoyed more positive relationships with prison staff.<\/p>\n<p>This study adds to the growing literature on nature-based interventions and on nature exposure within urban spaces.<\/p>\n<p>For details about this research, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestecotherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/From-Orange-to-Blue-How-Nature-Imagery-Affects-Inmates-in-the-Blue-Room.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>REFERENCE<\/p>\n<p>Nadkarni, N, Schnacker, L, Hasbach, P., Thys, T., &amp; Crockett, E. (2017).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestecotherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/From-Orange-to-Blue-How-Nature-Imagery-Affects-Inmates-in-the-Blue-Room.pdf\">From Orange to Blue How Nature Imagery Affects Inmates in the Blue Room<\/a>,<em>\u00a0 Corrections Today,\u00a0<\/em>Jan\/Feb 2017, 36-40.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a year-long study of 500 male prison inmates placed in restrictive housing, researchers found that watching videos\u00a0of &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/positive-effects-of-nature-imagery-on-inmates\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[291],"tags":[361,359,358,360],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-inmates","tag-nature-imagery","tag-nature-based-intervention","tag-prison"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4azYr-fO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}