• 한국산림휴양학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2018

본 연구는 도시숲을 활용한 주말 회기형 산림치유 프로그램이 가족 응집력과 가족관계 향상에 미치는 효과와 프로그램에 대한 부모의 만족도를 알아보기 위해 수행되었다. 2018년 4월부터 8월까지 인천대공원에서 진행되는 주말 산림치유 프로그램에 참가한 가족 21팀(65명)을 대상으로 하였고, 주1회 2시간씩 총 4회 8시간으로 가족 숲체험 활동과 산림치유요법을 활용한 프로그램을 새롭게 구성하여 실행하였다. 연구결과 주말 가족대상 산림치유 프로그램은 가족응집력 및 가족관계 향상에 긍정적인 영향을 주었으며, 부모의 만족도 분석 결과 대부분의 항목에서 높은 만족도를 보였다. 따라서 산림치유활동은 가족의 응집력 및 가족관계를 개선함으로써 가족의 결속이나 정서적 유대와 같은 기능이 중요하게 인식되는 현대사회에 효과적인 치유활동으로 적합하다는 결론을 도출하였다. 추후 연구에서는 다양한 형태의 가족을 대상으로 확대 시행하며, 가족의 요구를 반영한 다양하고 흥미로운 가족체험 산림치유 프로그램 개발이 지속적으로 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.290-301
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• 2022

Increasing life expectancy leads to a rise in the prevalence of aging-related mental diseases and a concomitant increase in the financial and societal pressures related to their prevention and management. This issue is attracting increasing attention from researchers. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether a healing program in a forest environment is effective for improving cognitive function, depression, anxiety, and stress in elderly people. A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The experimental group consisted of 18 males and females aged 60 to 80 years who participated in a forest healing program for seven days, while the comparison group comprised 10 people with similar demographics. For the process of data analysis, this study performed a cross-analysis to determine the homogeneity of the data and carried out the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a nonparametric statistical test, to verify the significance of each group. Participation in the forest healing program led to a significant improve-ment in cognitive function (p=0.030). The levels of depression decreased, but this result was not statistically significant. The levels of anxiety decreased significantly (p=0.004). The mean cortisol score, a measurement of stress, decreased, but it was not statistically significant. These findings confirmed the effectiveness of this program for improving certain mental conditions of elderly people, and affirmed that the use of long-term forest healing programs can be expected to alleviate national pressures created by aging societies.

• 인간식물환경학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.299-307
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• 2019

This study surveyed the general characteristics and forest use characteristics of forest visitors, the healing power of natural environments and Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) to find out whether humans can feel the healing effects of natural environments. The target area of this study was the natural environments of Bunseong Mountain in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. A total of 50 questionnaires were analyzed. Female visitors and those aged between 40s to 60s accounted for 62% and over 70% respectively. All the surveyed respondents answered 'yes' to the question about the healing effects of Bunseong Mountain and natural environments, and 84% of them answered that they can get 'psychological and physical healing' in Bunseong Mountain. Many respondents chose oxygen, sunlight, and landscape as a healing factor. To the questions about the specific form or conditions of the natural environments that have the healing effects, those who answered 'forest' was the highest (72%), and they described thickness of forests, gentle slope and clean air as their conditions. The average score of the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) using a 7-point Likert scale was 5.14. The results of this study indicate that respondents perceive Bunseong Mountain as a restorative environment and think that they can enjoy the healing effects of Bunseong Mountain and natural environments.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.338-348
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe healing effects of the forest on alcoholics through a forest experience program. Methods: The qualitative data was gathered from one focus group discussion with 6 alcoholics and individual interviews with 8 alcoholics. They had all participated in a "healing forest" program. All interviews were recorded and transcribed according to thematic content analysis processes. Results: The four main themes on the attributes of forest were "a lively living being", "placidity and tranquility", "acceptive atmosphere", and "beautifulness as it is" which revealed the participants' perceived nature of the forest which was attributed to the healing effects. Eight other themes on participants' positive changes included "revived senses", "aspired to live", "relieved and relaxed from being tense", "gaining insight on self", "having an acceptive attitude", "becoming compliant with his/her life", "learning that life is being together" and "recognizing the value of one's existence". Conclusion: The findings of the study illustrated the participants' self-healing processes through interactions with the nature of the forest. Nursing interventions utilizing healing atmospheres such as "healing forest" programs can be considered helpful in providing a venue to alcoholics to reflect on their lives affirmatively.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.45-57
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• 2016

2012년 기준 산촌지역 임가소득은 도시근로자의 54.3%, 농가의 67.6%에 불과하며, 노동집약적인 1차 산업 위주의 임업은 부가가치 창출에 한계를 갖고 있다. 한편 우리사회는 여가시간 증가, 삶의 질을 강조하는 생활 방식이 자리하게 되면서 도시에서 벗어나 산림에서 체험하고 힐링을 하기 위한 수요가 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 따라서 산림수요에 대응하여 기존에 1차 산업 위주의 임업 외에 부가가치를 증대시킬 수 있도록 종합적인 정책마련이 필요하다. 이를 위한 하나의 방안으로 산림치유를 활용한 사업이 전개되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 산림치유를 이용한 산촌지역 경제 활성화 방안을 모색하고자 산촌지역에서 행해지는 산림치유시설의 특징, 프로그램 내용 등을 인터넷 조사와 현지 방문, 전문가 인터뷰를 수행하였다. 이후 인터뷰한 원자료를 Strauss & Corbin(1998)의 근거이론방법을 적용하였으며 NVivo11 프로그램을 활용하여 총 186개의 개념과 8개의 범주와 24개의 하위범주를 도출하였고, 산촌지역 경제 활성화를 위한 산림치유 적용 과정을 제시하였다. 본 연구는 산촌지역에 산림치유 적용방안을 위한 정책 제언을 제시함으로써 향후 정량적 연구의 토대를 마련했다고 할 수 있으며, 산림치유마을 조성·운영정책을 추진할 수 있는 기초자료를 제공했다는 점에서 연구의 의의가 있다.

• 한국산림휴양학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2018

본 연구는 전라북도 전주시 건지산 이용객의 일반적 특성과 건지산 산림치유의 인식, 구간별 선호프로그램 등을 조사하여 양질의 산림치유 프로그램을 개발에 기초출처로 제공할 목적으로 수행되었다. 설문 분석결과, 건지산은 도시숲으로 전주 도시민의 여가와 휴식의 자연공간으로 많이 이용되고 있다. 이용객의 산림치유 프로그램 선택 시 가장 중요한 요인은 프로그램의 활동 내용, 구성, 시간순이었으며, 주요 목적은 건강증진이 가장 많았다. 산림치유 프로그램의 운영관리로는 주말을 활용한 주별 프로그램이 선호하였다. 운동프로그램은 자연경관 감상, 체험프로그램은 숲 체험, 치유프로그램은 숲속음악치유, 명상프로그램은 삼림욕, 교육프로그램은 숲속음악 듣기를 가장 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과가 건지산 이용객의 육체적, 정신적, 심리적 건강의 회복을 도모하는 양질의 건지산 일대 산림치유 프로그램 개발 및 연구를 위한 기초출처로 활용될 것으로 판단된다. 한편 구간별 선호프로그램 대상지로 특정 지역이 중복되어 선호도에 따른 적합한 산림치유 프로그램 구성의 한계점은 향후 건지산에 대한 산림치유프로그램의 지속적, 연속적 통합적인 연구가 요구된다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.277-286
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• 2016

본 연구는 숲에서 치유를 경험한 사람들의 체험수기 115편을 질적 분석하여, 숲 치유로 나타나는 핵심 심리현상과 치유의 과정을 추적하기 위하여 수행되었다. 숲 치유 과정에서 경험하는 핵심 심리현상은 <행복감> <편안함> <깨달음>의 순이었으며, 숲 치유의 과정은 <정서적 변화>를 먼저 경험한 후에 <인지적 변화>와 <행동의 변화>로 이끌어지는 경향을 나타내었다. 숲에서의 치유단계는 시간의 흐름에 따라 <자극단계> <수용단계> <정화단계> <통찰단계> <채움단계> <변화단계>의 6단계 과정을 거쳤으며, 이러한 과정은 <자연과의 교감> <자신과의 교감> <세상과의 소통>이라는 기제를 통해 치유가 진전되는 것으로 확인되었다. 기존의 연구는 주로 집단프로그램에 의한 비교 연구와 체험후의 일시적 상태의 측정으로 결과를 도출하여 효과의 지속성이나 심리적 변화 과정을 검증할 수 없는 한계가 존재하였다. 본 연구는 기존의 양적 연구의 한계를 보완하여 개인적 심리현상과 치유과정 등을 통합적으로 이해할 수 있는 방법을 제안하였으며, 연구 결과가 산림치유의 메커니즘을 밝히고 산림치유 프로그램 개발이나 실행에 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.963-972
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• 2016

A survey was performed to present a scheme for building a healing forest park inside a city in consideration of the fact that healing forests are located in non-urban areas because of their nature, and are therefore not conveniently accessible to urban population (n=196). As a result, among 196 respondents to the survey, 74.5% indicated that it was necessary to build an urban healing forest park. In the case of the expected usage pattern, were an urban forest park to be built, the largest proportion responded that it would be used to "walk", followed by "rest and meditation" and then "meeting/talk/date". An analysis showed that the largest proportion responded that they factor in "Accessibility" (48%), followed by "Park condition" (16.8%), and "Vegetation type" (12.2%). According to the analysis of usage preference for healing therapy, it was shown that the largest proportion preferred "Terrain therapy" (37.8%), followed by "Exercise therapy" (19.9%), and "Naturopathy" (18.9%). The factor anlaysis of usage preference regarding urban healing forest park facilities showed that the components were divided into "Operation facilities" and "Natural healing space", and the largest proportion preferred "Trails for healing", followed by "Space or forest for meditation" and "Health promotion center", and then "Facilities for a exercise therapy". In building an urban healing forest park, we think that it is effective to introduce zones and facilities in consideration of park characteristics that are centered on everyday behaviors, such as taking a walk, which differ from those of healing forests located in non-urban areas.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.566-570
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• 2010

This review was conducted to investigate clinical trial trend, clinical effect, and study methods of forest healing. Literature search was performed using the search engines of eight electronic databases from inception to march 2010 without language limitation. The search terms were "forest healing", "forest experience", "forest therapy", "forest treatment", "clinical trial", and "clinical study". Inclusion criteria were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) among all kinds of study searched about forest healing. Selection literature and data extraction was performed by authors(SH Sun and SG Lee) independently. Total three studies were selected finally. The methodological quality in all study was low because of poor reporting. Study indications were metal health, depression, self-esteem, and stress. The scale of studies was very small, which was the level of pilot study. There were no description for obtaining informed consent and being reviewed by Institutional Review Board (IRB), and could be any problems for statistical method in any studies. It is difficult to accept the fact that each studies had the significant effect for study indications in the results of studies. It is concluded that the evidence that health healing have a significant effect is insufficient. Further systematic and methodological study and well-designed clinical trial will be needed.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.415-428
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• 2017

The purpose of this research was to develop healing food dishes for the vitalization of forest healing tourism in agricultural areas by enhancing satisfaction of food experiences by visitors to Mount Chungnyeong, Jangseong. Results from site visitation by three professors from food-related departments, association opinions, Jangseong-gun policies, and research materials relating to healing foods were applied for the preparatory experimental cooking, and the final dishes were selected through a food demonstration event. As a result of observation during the site visitation, the main dishes of the subject restaurant appeared to be limited to Samchae Bibimbap, Samchae Ddeokgabi, and Korean set menu items, revealing a limited selection for tourists and referencing a failure to induce customer attraction and long-term stay. Development of a menu conforming to the image of forest healing at Mount Chungnyeong is desperately needed. As a result of applying the results of the surveys from visitors to Mount Chungnyeong, the types of dishes preferred appeared to be Korean table d'hote and Bibimbap, and pork was preferred as the $entr{\acute{e}}e$. The characteristics of preferred dishes appeared to be based on tradition and regionality. Thus, Forest Healing Savory Dish, Yellow Health Dish, and Samchae Kalguksu applying the policy direction of the Yellow City, Jangseong-gun and the image of Jangseong-gun based on Confucianism were developed. Tourists may further enhance the effectiveness of forest healing through foods based on dishes by adding traditional taste using seasonal food ingredients and local specialties, which can contribute to the vitalization of forest healing tourism.