The people paradox: Self-esteem striving, immortality ideologies, and human response to climate change

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dickinson, Janis L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Environmental behavior; Icons; Immortality projects; Social psychology; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SURVIVAL;

AVES;

EID: 69149087446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02849-140134     Document Type: Article

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