Ann Ojala

Senior Scientist
  • Phone number +358295325020
  • Email address ann.ojala@luke.fi
  • Address Latokartanonkaari 9 00790 HELSINKI

The Potential of Natural Environments in Mental Health Promotion and Prevention

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2025

Impact of wooden interior surfaces on indoor environment quality and perceptions: comparisons between wooden and non-wooden office rooms

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2025

The psychological benefits of open-water (wild) swimming: Exploring a self-determination approach using a 19-country sample

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2025

Nature contact and health risk Behaviours : results from an 18 country study

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2025

Integrative literature review on co-concepts in connection with nature-based solutions

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2025

What types of nature exposure are associated with hedonic, eudaimonic and evaluative wellbeing? : An 18-country study

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2024

Comparison between three different delivery technologies of virtual nature on psychological state related to general stress recovery: An experimental study

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2024

Landscape and soundscape quality promote stress recovery in nearby urban nature: A multisensory field experiment

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2024

Mechanisms underlying the associations between different types of nature exposure and sleep duration: An 18-country analysis

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2024

Nature contact and general health: Testing multiple serial mediation pathways with data from adults in 18 countries

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2023

Urban green space and mental health among people living alone: The mediating roles of relational and collective restoration in an 18-country sample

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2023

Psychological and physiological effects of a wooden office room on human well-being: Results from a randomized controlled trial

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2023

Applying an ecosystem services framework on nature and mental health to recreational blue space visits across 18 countries

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2023

Cross-sectional associations of different types of nature exposure with psychotropic, antihypertensive and asthma medication

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2023

Can indoor environment quality and human well-being be improved by wooden structures?

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2022

Short virtual nature breaks in the office environment can restore stress: An experimental study

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2022

Mechanisms underlying childhood exposure to blue spaces and adult subjective well-being: An 18-country analysis

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2022

Next‐generation ultrasonic recorders facilitate effective bat activity and distribution monitoring by citizen scientists

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2021

Disease Avoidance Model Explains the Acceptance of Cohabitation With Bats During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2021

Parental Mental Well-Being and Frequency of Adult-Child Nature Visits: The Mediating Roles of Parents’ Perceived Barriers

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2021

Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries

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2021

The Perceived Restorativeness of Differently Managed Forests and Its Association with Forest Qualities and Individual Variables: A Field Experiment

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2021

Results from an 18 country cross-sectional study examining experiences of nature for people with common mental health disorders

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2020

Research Note: Residential distance and recreational visits to coastal and inland blue spaces in eighteen countries

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2020