Altruism, self-interest, and the reasonable person model of environmentally responsible behavior

Science Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 368-389

  Corbett, Julia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Environment; Environmental attitude; Personal norm; Reasonable Person Model; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744440449     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547005275425     Document Type: Article

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