General antecedents of personal norms, policy acceptability, and intentions: the role of values, worldviews, and environmental concern

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-367

  Steg, Linda ^a   de Groot, Judith I M ^a   Dreijerink, Lieke ^a   Abrahamse, Wokje ^a   Siero, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental activism; Environmental concern; Personal norms; Policy acceptability; Values; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ENERGY POLICY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 79951888683     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920903214116     Document Type: Article

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