The effects of interior design on communication and impressions of a counselor in a counseling room

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 484-502

  Miwa, Yoshiko ^a,b   Hanyu, Kazunori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nihon University in Tokyo ^*

Author keywords

Communication; Counseling room; Interior design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT;

EID: 33744491546     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505280084     Document Type: Article

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