Promoting or Jeopardizing Lighter Carbon Footprints? Self-Affirmation Can Polarize Environmental Orientations

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-243

  van Prooijen, Anne Marie ^a   Sparks, Paul ^a   Jessop, Donna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874138385     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612450465     Document Type: Article

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