A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Values and Their Effect on the Environmental Behavior of Children

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 551-583

  Boeve de Pauw, Jelle ^a   Van Petegem, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

2 MEV; children; cross cultural differences; environmental behavior; environmental values

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [GUATEMALA (NTN)]; VIET NAM;

MINK ENTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84877094670     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916511429819     Document Type: Article

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