Perceived restorativeness of children's school playground environments: Nature, playground features and play period experiences

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Bagot, Kathleen L ^a   Allen, Felicity Catherine Louise ^a   Toukhsati, Samia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention restoration theory; Children; Perceived restorativeness; Restorative environment; School playground

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911898076     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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