Experimental evidence for a dual pathway model analysis of coping with the climate crisis

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-346

  van Zomeren, Martijn ^a   Spears, Russell ^b   Leach, Colin Wayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Coping; Environmental action; Fear; Group efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149281393     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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