The Effects of the Natural Environment on Attention and Family Cohesion: An Experimental Study

This study explored 1) mothers' and middle-childhood daughters' attention after exposure to two different environments, and 2) their quality of family cohesion. Twenty-seven mother-daughter dyads participated in two counterbalanced experimental conditions—a 20-minute walk at an arboretum a...

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Published in:Children, youth and environments youth and environments, 2017-01, Vol.27 (2), p.93-109
Main Authors: Dina Izenstark, Aaron T. Ebata
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