Abstract More than 5 million children will experience parental incarceration at some point in their lives, an adverse childhood event that will impact their relationship with their parents and the trajectory of their lives. Parent-child visits in supportive child-friendly visiting environments can benefit both the child and parent and mitigate negative future effects. Outdoor gardens and play spaces may provide such a visiting environment. This mixed method study explored the activities and uses of a visitor’s garden in a women’s state prison and the perceived impact on the visit. Results find that child and family activities included physical and creative play and nature engagement. Ninety percent of garden visitors indicated the garden improved their visits and identified the following as related to that impact: more child-friendly environment, improved affective experience, home-like visiting environment, and more and better parent-child interactions. Implications for incarcerated parents and children as well as future research are discussed.

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在家中的感觉：在监狱探访室花园中访客活动和偏好影响的混合方法研究

摘要超过500万儿童在生活中的某个时刻会遭受父母的监禁，这是一次不利的童年事件，将影响他们与父母的关系以及他们的生活轨迹。在有利的，有利于儿童的探视环境中进行亲子探访可以使孩子和父母都受益，并减轻未来的负面影响。室外花园和游戏空间可以提供这样的访问环境。这项混合方法研究探讨了州立女子监狱中访客花园的活动和用途，以及对访客的感知影响。结果发现，儿童和家庭活动包括身体和创造活动以及与自然的互动。90％的花园访客表示花园改善了他们的访问，并确定了与该影响相关的以下内容：更有利于儿童的环境，改善的情感体验，家庭般的访问环境以及更多更好的亲子互动。讨论了对被监禁的父母和孩子的影响以及未来的研究。