Social structural and social psychological bases of environmental concern

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 450-471

  Dietz, Thomas ^a   Stern, Paul C ^b   Guagnano, Gregory A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Human Dimensions of Global Cliange   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031713351     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001391659803000402     Document Type: Article

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