Extending planned environmentalism anticipated guilt and embarrassment across cultures

European Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-297

  Kaiser, Florian G ^a,b   Schultz, P Wesley ^c   Berenguer, Jaime ^d   Corral Verdugo, Victor ^e   Tankha, Geetika ^f,g  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^g RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anticipated feelings of embarrassment; Anticipated feelings of guilt; Conservation (ecological behavior); Environmental attitudes; Individualism collectivism; Planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849103357     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.13.4.288     Document Type: Article

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