Validation of an environmental distress scale

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Higginbotham, Nick ^a   Connor, Linda ^b   Albrecht, Glenn ^c   Freeman, Sonia ^a   Agho, Kingsley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bio psycho social impact; Environmental distress; Mining; Solastalgia; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MINING; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 33847191398     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0069-x     Document Type: Article

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