The effect of tailored information, goal setting, and tailored feedback on household energy use, energy-related behaviors, and behavioral antecedents

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-276

  Abrahamse, Wokje ^a   Steg, Linda ^a   Vlek, Charles ^a   Rothengatter, Talib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Household energy conservation; Tailoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049039848     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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