Development and validation of the environmental communication scale

Environmental Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Kassing, Jeffrey W ^a   Johnson, Heather S ^a   Kloeber, Dayna N ^a   Wentzel, Bonnie R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication measurement; Environmental beliefs; Environmental concern; Environmental measures; Environmental motives; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649997652     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524030903509725     Document Type: Article

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