Understanding teen attitudes towards energy consumption

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-44

  Toth, Nicola ^a   Little, Linda ^a   Read, Janet C ^b   Fitton, Daniel ^b   Horton, Matthew ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Multiple methods; Qualitative; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872671491     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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