Environmental attitude as a mediator of the relationship between psychological restoration in nature and self-reported ecological behavior

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 847-859

  Byrka, Katarzyna ^a   Hartig, Terry ^b   Kaiser, Florian G ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 78651319686     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/07.PR0.107.6.847-859     Document Type: Article

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