Geographic environments, daily activities and stress in Luxembourg (the FragMent study): a protocol combining map-based questionnaires, geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment and vocal biomarkers of stress.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stress is nearly ubiquitous in everyday life; however, it imposes a tremendous burden worldwide by acting as a risk factor for most physical and mental diseases. The effects of geographic environments on stress are supported by multiple theories acknowledging that natural environments act as a stress buffer and provide deeper and quicker restorative effects than most urban settings. However, little is known about how the temporalities of exposure to complex urban environments (duration, frequency and sequences of exposures) experienced in various locations - as shaped by people's daily activities - affect daily and chronic stress levels. The potential modifying effect of activity patterns (ie, time, place, activity type and social company) on the environment-stress rel

SUBMITTER: Perchoux C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406917 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature