Peer Evaluation
3 Minute Research
By Eliana De Jesus
The Restorative Effect of Roadside Vegetation
Implications for Automobile Driver Anger and Frustration
By Jean Marie Cackowski & Jack L. Nasar
Published November 1st 2003
Quasi-Experimental design
Participants: 106 students (67 males, 39 females)
Average age: 25.3 years
Instruments used:
Television, tape recorder, dummy accelerator, stop watch
Plain Office at a table facing a T.V
STAXI test
Caption
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Anagrams: IUFTR (fruit) ANBIT, DATGI, OEWRP (power)
3 Key Findings
Participants viewing the vegetation view took more time to solve their anagrams than those viewing the concrete videos
No significance evidence about any effect on the anger results
Parkway design and roadside vegetation appear to have restorative effects.
Limitations
Participants were not maintaining active engagement like a real driver would
2. The findings may not apply to actual drivers in heavier traffic
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