I Am What I Am, by Looking Past the Present: The Influence of Biospheric Values and Past Behavior on Environmental Self-Identity

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 626-657

  Van der Werff, Ellen ^a   Steg, Linda ^a   Keizer, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biospheric values; environmental self identity; positive spillover; proenvironmental behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899648524     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512475209     Document Type: Article

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