Jennifer Roe

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of an exploratory study (n = 25) to establish whether salivary cortisol can act as a biomarker for variation in stress levels which may be associated with varying levels of exposure to green spaces, and whether recruitment and adherence to the required, unsupervised, salive cortisol sampling protocol within the domestic setting could be achieved in a highly deprived urban population.

TL;DR: It is concluded that higher levels of green space in residential neighbourhoods, for this deprived urban population of middle-aged men and women not in work, are linked with lower perceived stress and a steeper (healthier) diurnal cortisol decline.

TL;DR: Systematic differences in EEG recordings were found between three urban areas in line with restoration theory, which has implications for promoting urban green space as a mood-enhancing environment for walking or for other forms of physical or reflective activity.

TL;DR: It is shown that the amount of change and context for restoration can differ amongst adults with variable mental health, as well as within groups of adults with good and poor mental health.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on a study which compares the restorative outcomes for adolescents (aged 11) when spending time in an outdoor education setting (forest school) versus a conventional indoor school setting.