The 2-MEV scale in the United States: A measure of children's environmental attitudes based on the Theory of Ecological Attitude

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-97

  Johnson, Bruce ^a   Manoli, Constantinos C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

earth education; environmental attitudes; Theory of Ecological Attitude

Indexed keywords

MINK ENTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78650902369     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2010.503716     Document Type: Article

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