Underlying dimensions of ecocentric and anthropocentric environmental beliefs

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Amérigo, María ^a   Aragonés, Juan Ignacio ^b   De Frutos, Belinda ^c   Sevillano, Verónica ^b   Cortés, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropocentrism; Ecocentrism; Environmental beliefs; Self in nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248395612     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600006351     Document Type: Article

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