Temporal pessimism and spatial optimism in environmental assessments: An 18-nation study

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Gifford, Robert ^a   Scannell, Leila ^a   Kormos, Christine ^a   Smolova, Lidia ^b   Biel, Anders ^c   Boncu, Stefan ^d   Corral, Victor ^e   Güntherf, Hartmut ^f   Hanyu, Kazunori ^g   Hine, Donald ^h   Kaiser, Florian G ⁱ   Korpela, Kalevi ^j   Lima, Luisa Marie ^k   Mertig, Angela G ^l   Mira, Ricardo Garcia ^m   Moser, Gabriel ⁿ   Passafaro, Paola ^o   Pinheiro, José Q ^p   Saini, Sunil ^q   Sako, Toshihiko ^r   Sautkina, Elena ^s   Savina, Yannick ⁿ   Schmuck, Peter ^t   Schultz, Wesley ^u   Sobeck, Karin ^t   Sundblad, Eva Lotta ^c   Uzzell, David ^v   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b University of Gothenburg ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^j TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^k INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^l MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^o SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^p FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^q GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^r WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s Waseda University   (Japan)

^t TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^u CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural; Environmental optimism; Environmental pessimism; International

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849133261     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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