Factor structure of the new environmental paradigm scale: Evidence from an Urban sample in Southern California

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Ji, Chang Ho C ^a  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2342573622     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.1.125-130     Document Type: Article

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