Psychosocial Responses to Outdoor Artificial Light at Night: A Scoping Review

A scoping review synthesizing 75 scientific studies on psychosocial responses to outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN). The dataset, created by Kévin Nadarajah, maps methodological approaches, main psychosocial dimensions, and reported findings in the literature. It was last updated on May 29, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of research methodologies based on the review's finding that studies mainly use quantitative and cross-sectional designs.
• Mapping the prevalence of different psychosocial dimensions based on the finding that perceptual and emotional responses dominate the literature.
• Identifying research gaps based on the review's finding that cognitive, motivational, and behavioral dimensions are less studied.
• Examining the geographic concentration of research based on the finding that ALAN research is concentrated in a few countries.

Strengths

• Follows PRISMA-ScR guidelines for systematic scoping reviews.
• Analyzes 75 studies from seven databases.
• Explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 9.7 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Scoping review following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, analyzing 75 studies from seven databases.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 04:50:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Research is concentrated in a few countries, but specific geography is not detailed.