Early-life outdoor experiences and an individual's environmental attitudes

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-239

  Ewert, Alan ^a   Place, Greg ^b   Sibthorp, Jim ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life outdoor experience; Environmental attitudes; New Environmenta Paradigm (NEP)

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ENVIRONMENTALISM; OUTDOOR RECREATION;

EID: 19944369444     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400590930853     Document Type: Article

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