A comparison of four typical green exercise environments and prediction of psychological health outcomes

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 171-180

  Rogerson, Mike ^a   Brown, Daniel K ^a   Sandercock, Gavin ^a   Wooller, John James ^a   Barton, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

green exercise; health; mental health; nature; parkrun; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOOD; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASHORE; SELF ESTEEM; STRESS; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; RUNNING; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; RUNNING; SELF CONCEPT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84966586068     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913915589845     Document Type: Review

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