Research Article
The Restorative Effect of the Natural Environment on University Students’ Psychological Health
Table 1
Study participant characteristics (N = 200).
| Characteristic | Intervention group (n = 101) | Control group (n = 99) |
| Sex | | | Male | 15 (14.9%) | 22 (22.2%) | Female | 86 (85.1%) | 77 (77.8%) | Age in years, M (SD) | 31.19 (11.98) | 31.20 (11.76) |
| Year in course of study | | | First | 32 (31.7%) | 26 (26.3%) | Second | 11 (10.9%) | 15 (15.2) | Third | 19 (18.8%) | 20 (20.2%) | Honours | 23 (22.8%) | 16 (16.2%) | Masters | 9 (8.9%) | 11 (11.1%) | PhD | 1 (1.0%) | 2 (2.0%) | Others | 6 (5.9%) | 9 (9.1%) |
| Location | | | Rural | 35 (34.7%) | 29 (29.3%) | Urban | 63 (62.4%) | 63 (63.6%) | Others | 3 (3.0%) | 7 (7.1%) |
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