Collective guilt mediates the effect of beliefs about global warming on willingness to engage in mitigation behavior

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Ferguson, Mark A ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective emotions; Collective guilt; Conservation psychology; Global warming; Proenvironmental behavior; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952887607     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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