The link between subjective well-being (SWB) and forest visits is increasingly driving the development and preservation of restorative forest environments in numerous countries. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the effect of people's preferences for forest patterns and activities on this connection. Here we investigated whether associations exist between the preferences for certain forest features and activities, and the SWB increase and stress reduction in response to forest visits. A nationwide digital survey was administered to a representative sample of the Slovak population. The recollection-based data obtained from one thousand respondents were analysed through agglomerative clustering and ordinal regression. The analyses revealed that improved SWB and stress reduction were associated with preferences for uneven-aged forests, forest smell, as well as recreational, but not provisioning forest activities. The respective interrelationships explained up to 20% of SWB increase and stress reduction after forest visits. The results suggest that recollection-based study findings can be generalized for real-world forests and that forest management can contribute to the well-being of forest visitors by shaping the diversity of woodlands and their sensory experiences.

主观幸福感（SWB）和森林参观之间的联系日益推动许多国家恢复性森林环境的发展和保护。然而，人们对森林格局和活动的偏好对此联系的影响了解有限。在这里，我们调查了对某些森林特征和活动的偏好与响应森林访问的主观幸福感增加和压力减少之间是否存在关联。对斯洛伐克人口的代表性样本进行了全国范围的数字调查。通过凝聚聚类和序数回归分析从一千名受访者那里获得的基于回忆的数据。分析显示，主观幸福感的改善和压力的减轻与对年龄不均的森林、森林气味以及娱乐性而非供给性森林活动的偏好相关。各自的相互关系解释了森林参观后主观幸福感增加和压力减少的高达 20%。结果表明，基于回忆的研究结果可以推广到现实世界的森林，森林管理可以通过塑造林地的多样性及其感官体验来促进森林游客的福祉。