Like father, like son? Intergenerational transmission of values, attitudes, and behaviours in the environmental domain

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-421

  Grønhøj, Alice ^a   Thøgersen, John ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Consumer socialization; Environment; Intergenerational transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549112165     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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