Examining trends in adolescent environmental attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors across three decades

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-85

  Wray Lake, Laura ^a   Flanagan, Constance A ^a   Osgood, D Wayne ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Environmental attitudes; Environmental behaviors; Monitoring the Future; Public opinion; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; LEADERSHIP;

EID: 70450263346     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509335163     Document Type: Article

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