Happiness and sustainable behavior

Psychological Approaches to Sustainability: Current Trends in Theory, Research and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 433-450

  Bechtel, Robert B ^a   Corral Verdugo, Victor ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

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