Exploring the Indoor Plant-People Relationship Through Qualitative Responses.

ABSTRACT: Humans have a long-standing relationship with the natural world, particularly in how they engage with plants-referred to as people-plant relationships. While plants naturally live outdoors, people have been including them inside built environments for centuries. Although the benefits of indoor plants are well documented in research, there is limited exploration of individuals' subjective relationships with their indoor plants. To address this gap, we examined the perceived benefits of owning indoor plants and how people describe their relationships with them through open-ended qualitative survey items. Data were collected from 115 indoor plant owners in Australia, and the qualitative responses were analyzed using a combination of thematic analysis and qualitative segmentation. On average,

SUBMITTER: Le Busque B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11683047 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature