Psychological Effects of Walking and Relaxed Sitting in Urban Greenspaces During Post-pandemic: A Case Study in Bogor City, Indonesia

The COVID19 pandemic disrupted the world order from the beginning of 2020 to the end of 2022 The COVID19 pandemic has had a significant impact on changes in healthy living practices such as decreased physical exercise and increased stress compromising psychological wellbeing The psychological impacts of walking and relaxing in urban green spaces on IPB University students are investigated in this study Bogor City AlunAlun Sempur Park and Heulang Park were used for the experiment Participants completed 15 minutes of walking and relaxed sitting before and after the experiment and the psychological impacts were assessed using Profiles of Mood States POMS StateTrait Anxiety Inventory STAI and WHO Quality of Life WHOQOLBREF before and after the experiment The results indicate that physical activity improves psychological wellness These findings give scientific evidence for the psychologically relaxing effects of walking and relaxed sitting as well as recommendations to support the development and construction of therapeutic urban green spaces