Changes in images of a counseling room after renovation and the physical characteristics

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  • 心理面接室の改修に伴う面接者の空間イメージの変化と物理的要因の意味について
  • シンリ メンセツシツ ノ カイシュウ ニ トモナウ メンセツシャ ノ クウカン イメージ ノ ヘンカ ト ブツリテキ ヨウイン ノ イミ ニ ツイテ

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This study examined the changes in the images of a counseling room after renovation from a viewpoint of the physical characteristics. One of the counseling rooms (Room 4) of the psycho-development clinic at Nagoya university underwent renovation. We conducted an investigation on the clinic staff's images of the counseling room before and after the renovation. After the renovation, the room was perceived to be less "noisy" and "cold". Moreover, the room was perceived to be "warmer" and "more calm". The results suggest that (1) when the counseling room did not have a window, the color of the walls and floor should make brighter, (2) the office-like furniture was unnecessary, and, as far as possible, it should excluded from counseling rooms, (3) furniture should be well-matched in terms of color and material, and (4) the optimum physical distance between the counselor and client should be maintained, because this distance influences the psychological distance between the two.

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