Connection to nature: Children's affective attitude toward nature

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-49

  Cheng, Judith Chen Hsuan ^a   Monroe, Martha C ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

affective; attitude; children; connection; nature

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CHILD; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PATH ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STUDENT;

BREVARD COUNTY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855168558     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916510385082     Document Type: Article

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