Applying social psychology to the study of environmental concern and environmental worldviews: Contributions from the social representations approach

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-266

  Castro, Paula ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Communicative modalities; Environmental attitudes; Environmental beliefs; Environmental concern; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746271870     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.864     Document Type: Article

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