Greening School Grounds: The Benefits of Greening a School Ground on Social-emotional and Cognitive Functioning of Primary School Children

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In a prospective intervention study with a two years follow-up we investigated the benefits of greening school grounds on various domains of children’s wellbeing and functioning. Ten schools, situated in the western part of The Netherlands, with approximately 800 children (age 7-9) took part in the project. At a pre-measurement in spring 2014 nine school grounds were paved, one school ground was green. Five more schools greened their school ground between pre-measurement and the first follow-up in spring 2015.Keywords | Children, green space, cognitive functioning, social functioning