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Importance of Interior Design: An Environmental Mediator for Perceiving Life Satisfaction and Financial Stress

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Based on the stimuli-organism-response framework, this study investigates how artistic stimuli (i.e., interior design) influence a person's mental responses (i.e., situational satisfaction and stress). Prior to checking the main analysis, demographic features were checked to determine whether they were significant precedents to the stimuli by using hierarchical linear modeling. As the main model, structural equation modeling was used to find (a) how stimuli (i.e., interior design) were associated with organisms (i.e., emotional perception) and (b) how organisms were associated with mental responses. The results showed that demographic features were not significantly associated with the stimuli. Stimuli were partially and significantly associated with organisms and the organisms were partially and significantly associated with the mental responses. The study has implications for practitioners in commercial fields who might recognize the importance of interior design and employ their utilities in practical applications.

Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph181910195

Authors: Jeongah Kim, Wookjae Heo

Institutions: Keimyung University, Purdue University West Lafayette

Language: English

Topic: Architecture, Design, and Social History

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,484

Funder: Keimyung University