The positive effects of architectural environmental space design on psychological anxiety individuals from the perspective of design psychology

Abstract

Background

Anxiety disorder is a common psychological disorder in modern life, which has had a huge impact on people’s lives. Reasonable architectural environment design can alleviate the anxiety of individuals with psychological anxiety and help alleviate their discomfort.

Subjects and Methods

500 survey questionnaires on the impact of building environment on residents and GAD-2 questionnaire were selected from a certain city population in June 2021. Among them, there are 275 males and 225 females. The residential questionnaire includes five aspects of residents’ anxiety about residential area, floor height, bedroom layout, residential orientation, and building type. The GAD-2 questionnaire includes residents’ anxiety level. The collected information was statistically analyzed using SPSS3.0 software.

Results

According to the correlation analysis results of SPSS software, there is a negative correlation between residential area and anxiety level. There is no correlation between floor height and anxiety level, with a p-value greater than 0.05. There is a correlation between bedroom layout and anxiety level, with a p-value less than 0.05. There is a correlation between residential orientation and anxiety level, with a p-value less than 0.05. There is a correlation between building type and anxiety level, with a p-value less than 0.05. Moreover, the anxiety level of residents in residential areas is lower than that of residents in apartment buildings.

Conclusions

Reasonable architectural environment design has a positive impact on individuals with psychological anxiety. By introducing reasonable lighting design, spatial layout, and functional zoning, the tension and anxiety of anxious individuals can be reduced.