Household waste behaviours among a community sample in Iran: An application of the theory of planned behaviour

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 980-986

  Pakpour, Amir H ^a   Zeidi, Isa Mohammadi ^a   Emamjomeh, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Asefzadeh, Saeed ^a   Pearson, Heidi ^b  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Recycling behaviour; Sustainable waste management; Theory of planned behaviour; Waste behaviour

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; RECYCLING BEHAVIOURS; SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR; WASTE BEHAVIOURS;

RECYCLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IRAN; MALE; MORALITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION; AGED; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

IRAN; QAZVIN [IRAN];

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900536259     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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