Place attachment and place identity: First-year undergraduates making the transition from home to university

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-372

  Chow, Kenny ^a   Healey, Mick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First year undergraduates; People place relations; Place attachment and place identity; Transition from home to university

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949097027     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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