The NR-6: A new brief measure of nature relatedness

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Nisbet, Elizabeth K ^a   Zelenski, John M ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Happiness; Nature relatedness; Scale development; Subjective well being; Sustainable behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889642223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00813     Document Type: Article

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