Research Bibliography - Behavior & Environmental Preferences

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Beauchemin KM, Hays P. (1996). Sunny hospital rooms expedite recovery from severe and refractory depressions. Journal of Affective Disorders, 40(1-2), 49-51.

Benedetti F, Colombo C, Barbini B, Campori E, & Smeraldi E. (2001). Morning sunlight reduces length of hospitalization in bipolar depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 62(3), 221-223.

Borie F, Daures JP, Millat B, et al. (2002). Influence of environment and healthcare structures on the survival of patients with colorectal cancer: a French population-based study. J Sug Oncol, 80(3), 137-142.

Cherulnik, P. D. (1993). Application of environment-behavior research: Case studies and analysis. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Dilani A. (2001) Psychosocially supportive design -- Scandinavian health care design. World Hosp Health Serv (England), 37(1), 20-4, 33, 35.

Fontaine DK, Briggs LP, Pope-Smith B. (2001). Designing humanistic critical care environments. Crit Care Nurs Q, 48(5), 1241-52.

Jackson RJ. (2003). The impact of the built environment on health: an emerging field. Am J Public Health, 93(9), 1382-4.

Lefebvre C, Vezina F. (2003). Adapting the environment: A means to help to compensate for cognition deficiencies. Rev Med Suisse Romande (Switzerland),  123(7), 466-70.

Lowers J. (Aug 1999). Improving quality through the built environment. Qual lett Healthc Lead, 11(8), 2-9

Manzo, L. C. (2003). Beyond house and haven: Toward a revisioning of emotional relationships with places. Journal of Environmental Psychology,
23, 47-61.

Millman J. (2003). Advancement in the built environment. Health Estate (England), 57(9), 38-9.

Moran, R., Anderson, R., & Paoli, P. (Eds.). (1990). Building for people in hospitals: Workers and consumers. Shankill, Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

Peron, E., Purcell, A. T., Staats, H., Falchero, S., & Lamb, R. J. (1998). Models of preference for outdoor scenes: Some empirical evidence. Environment and Behavior, 30, 282-305.

Staats, H., Gatersleben, B., & Hartig, T. (1997). Change in mood as a function of environmental design: Arousal and pleasure on a simulated forest hike. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 17, 283-300.

Stamps, A. E., III (1996). People and places: Variance components of environmental preferences. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 82, 323-334.

Kaplan, S. (1987). Aesthetics, affect, and cognition: Environmental preference from an evolutionary perspective. Environment and Behavior, 19, 3-32.

Reizenstein, J. E. (1982). Hospital design and human behavior: A review of the recent literature. In A. Baum & J. E. Singer (Eds.Z), Advances in environmental psychology (Vol. 4, pp. 137-170). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Russell, J. A., & Lanius, U. F. (1984). Adaptation level and the affective appraisal of environments. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 4, 119-135.

Verderber, S. (1986). Dimensions of person-window transactions in the hospital environment. Environment and Behavior, 18, 450-466.

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