Evaluation of the effects of spatial optimism and temporal pessimism in assessments of environmental conditions in argentina;Evaluación de los efectos de optimismo espacial y pesimismo temporal en la valoración de las condiciones ambientales en argentina

Psyecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-166

  Jakovcevic, Adriana ^a,b   Ferreiro, Julián ^a   Páramo, Pablo ^c   Mustaca, Alba ^a,b  

^a Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Aplicada PSEA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA INTERAMERICANA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA NACIONAL   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Environmental problems; Environmental psychology; Optimism bias; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880803953     PISSN: 21711976     EISSN: 19899386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/217119713806144320     Document Type: Article

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