Coping with an ecological disaster: The role of perceived meaning in life and self-efficacy following the gulf oil spill

Ecopsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Drescher, Christopher F ^a   Baczwaski, Brandy J ^a   Walters, A Brooke ^a   Aiena, Bethany J ^a   Schulenberg, Stefan E ^a   Johnson, Laura R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 84872844427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19429347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/eco.2012.0009     Document Type: Article

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