Time Perspective and Sustainable Behavior: Evidence for the Distinction Between Consideration of Immediate and Future Consequences

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 556-582

  Arnocky, Steven ^a   Milfont, Taciano L ^b   Nicol, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

consideration of future consequences; environmentalism; time perspective

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84899648387     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512474987     Document Type: Article

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