Perceptions of behaviors that cause and mitigate global warming and intentions to perform these behaviors

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-259

  Truelove, Heather Barnes ^a   Parks, Craig ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental behavior; Environmental knowledge; Global warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861677661     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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