Measuring responsible environmental behavior: Self-reported and other-reported measures and their differences in testing a behavioral model

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-71

  Chao, Yu Long ^a   Lam, San Pui ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

other reports; participant observation; responsible environmental behavior; self reports

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78649933788     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509350849     Document Type: Article

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