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The case of "Nature-Deficit Disorder" (NDD) and its complications in the absence of a Universally Reliable and Valid Self-Reported Tool


Vol. 10 No. 3 (2024)
Published: Jul 4, 2024
Keywords:
Nature-deficit disorder environmental psychology nature and wellbeing self-reported measures
Georgios Pilafas
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2299-8257
Maria Chanioti
Penelope Louka
Abstract

The present letter to the editors presents the debate over the condition of ‘Nature-Deficit Disorder’ (NDD) and it aims to communicate to the scientific community the need for the creation of valid and reliable tools that would serve in future studies as measures of the condition.

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