Parent-child similarity in environmental attitudes: A pairwise comparison

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 162-176

  Leppänen, Jaana M ^a   Haahla, Anu E ^b   Lensu, Anssi M ^a   Kuitunen, Markku T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adolescents; environmental attitudes; intergenerational influence; parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859178471     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2011.634449     Document Type: Review

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