Effects of psychological distance on assessment of severity of water pollution

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-78

  Zhang, Wei ^a,d   He, Gui Bing ^a   Zhu, Yue ^b   Cheng, Long ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Post Doctoral Research Center   (China)

^d SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Probability distance; Psychological distance; Severity assessment; Social distance; Temporal distance; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897818425     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2014.42.1.69     Document Type: Article

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