Nature connectedness: Associations with well-being and mindfulness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-171

  Howell, Andrew J ^a   Dopko, Raelyne L ^a   Passmore, Holli Anne ^a   Buro, Karen ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mindfulness; Nature; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955630324     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.037     Document Type: Article

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