Experiencing nature in children's summer camps: Affective, cognitive and behavioural consequences

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-44

  Collado, Silvia ^a   Staats, Henk ^b   Corraliza, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Children; Cognition; Environmental behaviour; Nature experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869388522     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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