The Influence of a Forest Healing Program on Public Servants in Charge of Social Welfare and Mental Health Care Workers's Job Stress and the Profile of Mood States (POMS)

摘要

This study was conducted to investigate tiie influence of a forest healing program on the level of job stress and the profile of mood states (POMS). 38 public servants who were in charge of social welfare in A city as well as 24 metal health care workers in C province participated in the forest healing programs. The data were collected by a pretest-posttest design. The data analysis showed that both job stress and POMS levels were significantly improved by the forest healing program. The therapeuticeffects of forests are highly expected to be utilized for healing programs for job stress reduction and burnout prevention.