Plants Effect on Mental Health

Project Abstract

In this section of the IRB-approved study, the researcher aims to examine the effect of plants on human mental health and stress levels. This will be examined by having participants attach a Polar chest strap to measure their heart rate throughout and participate in a stress-inducing task before entering an intervention room. The stress-inducing task is a multiple-choice test that is composed of 20 questions from different fields. They will be sent to an intervention room, which will either A.) A room where they will be surrounded by plants without physically interacting with them, B.) A room where they will be presented with different plants for them to transplant and repot, and C.) A room with no plants. After their intervention room they will be debriefed and released. After the stress task and intervention room, they will have their heart rate and blood pressure measured for comparison to the baseline measurements taken at the beginning of the study.

Funding Type

Research Grant

Academic College

College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Area/Major/Minor

Agriscience with a Minor in Psychology

Degree

Bachelor's of Science in Agriscience

Classification

Senior

Name

Dr. Esther Malm, PhD

Academic College

College of Humanities and Fine Arts

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