Transcendent experiences in wild and manicured settings: The influence of the trait "connectedness to nature"

Ecopsychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-102

  Davis, Nora ^a   Gatersleben, Birgitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881537775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19429347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/eco.2013.0016     Document Type: Article

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