Developing and testing a protocol to systematically assess social interaction with urban outdoor environment.

ABSTRACT: Social interaction is significant for individuals' mental and psychological well-being in communities. With the growing demand for outdoor activities in urban settings under the COVID‑19 pandemic, urban parks have become important public resources for human social activities. Researchers have developed numerous instruments to measure park use behaviors, but most are designed for assessing physical activity while ignoring social interactive behaviors. Despite the importance, no single protocol objectively assesses the range of social interactions in urban outdoor environments. To bridge the research gap, we have developed a social interaction scale (SIS) based on Parten's scheme. The innovative protocol, named Systematically Observing Social Interaction in Parks (SOSIP) was developed based

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10082984 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature