Perspective taking, environmental concern, and the moderating role of dispositional empathy

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 685-705

  Sevillano, Verónica ^a   Aragonés, Juan I ^a   Schultz, Wesley P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Environmental concern; Environmental values; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; IMAGERY; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548639314     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506292334     Document Type: Article

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