The environmentalist who cried drought: Reactions to repeated warnings about depleting resources under conditions of uncertainty

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-192

  Joireman, Jeff ^a   Posey, Donelle C ^a   Truelove, Heather Barnes ^a   Parks, Craig D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Future orientation; Proenvironmental behavior; Resource dilemmas; Social value orientation; Warnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349187992     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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