Construction and validation of an instrument to measure environmental orientations in a diverse group of children

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-89

  Larson, Lincoln R ^a   Green, Gary T ^a   Castleberry, Steven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental attitudes; environmental awareness; nature; survey; youth

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ETHNIC GROUP; PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649919680     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509345212     Document Type: Article

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