Anger and stress: The role of landscape posters in an office setting

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-381

  Kweon, Byoung Suk ^a   Ulrich, Roger S ^b   Walker, Verrick D ^c   Tassinary, Louis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PageSoutherlandPage ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Art posters; Landscape; Office environments; State anger; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ART; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70349216435     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506298797     Document Type: Article

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