Environmental influences on psychological restoration

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 378-393

  Hartig, Terry ^a   Böök, Anders ^b   Garvill, Jörgen ^b   Olsson, Tommy ^c   Gärling, Tommy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Directed attention fatigue; Restoration; Restorative environments; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030330468     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00670.x     Document Type: Article

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