Littering in Context: Personal and Environmental Predictors of Littering Behavior

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-59

  Schultz, P Wesley ^a   Bator, Renée J ^b   Large, Lori Brown ^c   Bruni, Coral M ^c   Tabanico, Jennifer J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Action Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral observation; field study; Littering

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FIELD SURVEY; PREDICTION; PUBLIC SPACE; SMOKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871483176     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916511412179     Document Type: Article

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