Natural resistance: Exposure to nature and self-regulation, mood, and physiology after ego-depletion

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-178

  Beute, F ^a   de Kort, Y A W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buffering; Ego depletion; Nature; Restoration; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903880356     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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