Egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric environmental concerns: A path analytic investigation of their determinants

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^c   Snelgar, Rosemary ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big five; Environmental concerns; Individual differences; Machiavellianism; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; CONSCIENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLITICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951654847     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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