THE SEARCH FOR THE OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.39763Keywords:
environmental psychology, love, optimal environment.Abstract
The author proposes that love is responsible for the optimal environment, indicating that this has not been studied by Environmental Psychology. He describes some results obtained inresearch based on psychotherapy, on treatment of juvenile delinquency, on treatment and prevention of heart disease and on work environment. Each one of these studies represents a series of diverse environments where a broader classification of love – as a supportive and affirmative aspect of any social environment – would elucidate its importance to Environmental Psychology. He concludes
the article manifesting his wish that the “Love Factor” comes to be considered as the most important behavior to be measured in any and every environment.
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