TY - JOUR AU - de Bloom, Jessica AU - Kinnunen, Ulla AU - Korpela, Kalevi PY - 2014 DA - 2014/05/22 TI - Exposure to nature versus relaxation during lunch breaks and recovery from work: development and design of an intervention study to improve workers’ health, well-being, work performance and creativity JO - BMC Public Health SP - 488 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The objective of this research project is to understand and to improve workers’ recovery from work stress. Although recovery during lunch breaks is the most common within-workday break, it has received only minor research attention. Therefore, we will study whether lunch breaks including a relaxation session or exposure to nature have more favorable outcomes than usually spent lunch breaks concerning: a) recovery processes, b) health, c) well-being, d) job performance and e) creativity. We approach recovery by combining the theoretical frameworks of work and environmental psychology. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-488 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-488 ID - de Bloom2014 ER -