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Student’s Self-Reported Experience of Soundscape: The Link between Noise, Psychological and Physical Well-Being

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  • Florence Renaud

    (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Ingrid Verduyckt

    (School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3N 1X7, Canada
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Tiffany Chang

    (School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3N 1X7, Canada)

  • Adriana Lacerda

    (School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3N 1X7, Canada)

  • Cecilia Borges

    (Department of Psychopedagogy and Andragogy, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2V 2S9, Canada)

  • Annelies Bockstael

    (Department of Health and Care, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, 9000 Ghent, Belgium)

  • Rachel E. Bouserhal

    (Electrical Engineering Department, École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, QC H3C 0J8, Canada
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

Extensive research has shown that noise has detrimental effects on learning in classrooms, yet schools remain noisy environments. In addition, little is known about the students’ insight into their subjective reaction to noise. Students’ awareness of noise, as well as their perception of its effects on their affective and bodily states, remain unanswered. In the current study, the self-reported experience of noise and reaction towards noise, which was collected by way of a questionnaire, was assessed for 408 students in primary and secondary schools in Québec. Results suggest that about half of the students experience affective and bodily reactions to noise, and students who report having a negative affective reaction to noise are also more prone to report feeling this noise in their bodies. The results of this study offer a comprehensive picture of the students’ subjective (affective and bodily) state in relation to noise in schools.

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  • Florence Renaud & Ingrid Verduyckt & Tiffany Chang & Adriana Lacerda & Cecilia Borges & Annelies Bockstael & Rachel E. Bouserhal, 2024. "Student’s Self-Reported Experience of Soundscape: The Link between Noise, Psychological and Physical Well-Being," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(1), pages 1-20, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:21:y:2024:i:1:p:84-:d:1317439
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