Putting text in context: The conflict between pro-ecological messages and anti-ecological descriptive norms

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 657-666

  Oceja, Luis ^a   Berenguer, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Descriptive norm; Ecological behavior; Focus theory; Injunctive norm; Vividness congruency

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149096289     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S113874160000202X     Document Type: Article

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