Time perspective and values: An exploratory study of their relations to environmental attitudes

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-82

  Milfont, Taciano L ^a,b   Gouveia, Valdiney V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Social conflict; Social dilemmas; Temporal conflict; Time perspective; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747840922     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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