Measuring Emotions Toward Wildlife: A Review of Generic Methods and Instruments

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-247

  Jacobs, Maarten H ^a   Fehres, Piera ^a   Campbell, Michael ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

affect; emotion; emotion measurement; emotional dispositions; methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864715605     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2012.680175     Document Type: Article

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