Preference for restorative situations: Interactive effects of attentional state, activity-in-environment, and social context

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 401-417

  Staats, Henk ^a   Van Gemerden, Erika ^a   Hartig, Terry ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention restoration; Experimental research; Mundane activities; Urban leisure

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77957775222     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2010.510990     Document Type: Article

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