The Effect of Indoor Plants on User Preferences
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This research is aimed at identifying the degree to which the participants are knowledgeable about indoor plants and their positive effects as well as the extent to which they have plants in their residences and the things they consider when purchasing plants. The research survey, developed for this purpose, has been applied to 225 participants. The results indicated that 92.4% of the participants knew about orchid, 84% knew about aloe vera, and 80.4% knew about daisy. According to another finding, there was no significant correlation between being a home owner and the habit of having plants in the residence and the number of these plants. On the other hand, while there was no significant correlation between the number of rooms and the habit of having plants in the residence, the number of rooms was significantly correlated to the number of plants in the residence and the residences were ranked in the order of 3+1 > 2+1 > 4+1 > 5+1. Another result has revealed that there was a significant correlation between the floor on which the residence is located and the habit of having plants and the number of plants and that the residences were ranked in the order of 2nd floor > 3rd floor > 1st floor > ground floor > 6th floor and above > 5th floor. It was also reported that indoor plants were in the guest room in 66.2% of the residences; 68.4% of the participants preferred ease of care when purchasing indoor plants for their homes; 81.3% of the participants believed that indoor plants have positive effect on the psychology of humans; and 11.6% of the participants were first attracted to plants when they enter an interior space.
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