Abstract

The Perceived Restorativeness Scale(PRS)(Hartig, Kaiser, & Bowler, 1997) is the scale to measure the restorative qualities of an environment. The purpose of this study was to translate the original version of PRS into Korean version and explore its reliability and validity. Korean undergraduates(n = 222) completed the Korean version of PRS while imagining themselves to be in the landscape projected into a screen. Principal component analysis with oblimin rotation revealed the 4-factor structure that was different from Attention Restoration Theory. Extracted factors were as follows: Repose(Factor 1), Fascination(Factor 2), Coherence(Factor 3), and Legibility(Factor 4). The limitations of this study and the usefulness of PRS are discussed.