Restorative experience refers to an experience of psychophysical restoration from stress and mental fatigue during people‒environment interactions. Previous research has documented the influence of neighbourhood physical environment on restorative experiences; however, it is still unclear whether neighbourhood social environment can affect restorative experiences. Applying a socioecological perspective, the current study aims to explore the effect of neighbourhood social cohesion on restorative experience and to examine whether people’s need for restoration would moderate this effect. After manipulating the need for restoration in terms of antecedent attentional state, participants (N = 244) with and without the need for restoration read one of three experimental scenarios describing a neighbourhood with high, neutral, or low social cohesion. Participants reported their restorative experience pre‐ and post‐exposure to neighbourhood social cohesion scenarios. Results showed that participants in the high social cohesion neighbourhood condition perceived more post‐exposure restorative experience than did those in the neutral or low cohesion conditions. Restorative experience increased from pre‐ to post‐exposure in the high social cohesion condition; the increase was greater for participants with the need for restoration. On the other hand, restorative experience decreased from pre‐ to post‐exposure in the low social cohesion condition for participants without the need for restoration. These findings suggested that a socially cohesive neighbourhood could enhance individuals’ restorative experiences and that the strength of this restorative benefit might depend on the need for restoration.

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邻里社会凝聚力和恢复需求对恢复经历的影响

恢复性体验是指在人与环境之间的交互过程中，从压力和精神疲劳中恢复心理生理的体验。先前的研究记录了邻里的物理环境对恢复性体验的影响。但是，仍然不清楚社区的社会环境是否会影响恢复性体验。运用社会生态学的观点，本研究旨在探讨邻里社会凝聚力对恢复经验的影响，并研究人们的恢复需求是否会减轻这种影响。操作进行恢复需要在前期关注的状态，参与者条款后（ñ （= 244）需要恢复和不需要恢复的情况，请阅读以下三种描述了具有较高，中性或较低社会凝聚力的社区的实验方案之一。参与者报告了他们在社区社交凝聚方案曝光前后的恢复经历。结果表明，处于高社会凝聚力邻里条件下的参与者比处于中性或低凝聚力条件下的参与者拥有更多的曝光后恢复体验。在较高的社会凝聚力条件下，恢复经历从接触前增加到接触后；对于需要恢复的参与者而言，增加的幅度更大。另一方面，在参与者缺乏社会凝聚力的情况下，恢复前的经历从接触前减少到接触后，而无需恢复。