The Norm Activation Model: An exploration of the functions of anticipated pride and guilt in pro-environmental behaviour

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-153

  Onwezen, Marleen C ^a   Antonides, Gerrit ^a   Bartels, Jos ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer Attitudes Behavior; Emotion; General Environmental Economics; Norms; Self regulation; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882951601     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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