Values determine the (in)effectiveness of informational interventions in promoting pro-environmental behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bolderdijk, Jan Willem ^a   Gorsira, Madelijne ^a   Keizer, Kees ^a   Steg, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893188549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083911     Document Type: Article

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