What? the earth is sick? Undergraduate student awareness of environmental problems: A qualitative study

Ecopsychology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-276

  Schuetz, Steve ^a   Bhattarai, Jackie ^a   Mealy, Bethany ^a   Schuetz, Suzan ^a   Swopes, Nicole ^a   Harvey, Danna ^a   Berletic, Linda ^a   Knapp, Benjamin ^a   Ohlms, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84861196879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19429347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/eco.2011.0033     Document Type: Article

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