Determinants of young Australians' environmental actions:The role of responsibility attributions, locus of control, knowledge and attitudes

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-186

  Fielding, Kelly S ^a   Head, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental attitudes; environmental behaviour; environmental knowledge; responsibility attributions; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859390843     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2011.592936     Document Type: Article

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