The restorative environment: A complementary concept for salutogenesis studies

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 181-195

  Von Lindern, Eike ^a   Lymeus, Freddie ^b   Hartig, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention restoration; Behavior setting; Collective restoration; Constrained restoration; Mindfulness meditation; Pathogenic perspective; Restoration perspective; Salutogenic perspective; Setting interdependencies; Stress; Stress recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006778790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04600-6_19     Document Type: Chapter

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