Factors Related to Household Energy Use and Intention to Reduce It: The Role of Psychological and Socio-Demographic Variables

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-40

  Abrahamse, Wokje ^a   Steg, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral antecedents; Energy conservation; Households; Theory of planned behavior; Value belief norm theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054917243     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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