The environmental attitudes inventory: A valid and reliable measure to assess the structure of environmental attitudes

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-94

  Milfont, Taciano L ^a   Duckitt, John ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EAI; Environmental attitudes; Environmental attitudes inventory; Measurement; Reliability; Scale validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549128411     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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