Belief superiority in the environmental domain: Attitude extremity and reactions to fracking

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-85

  Raimi, Kaitlin Toner ^a   Leary, Mark R ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief superiority; Environmental attitudes; Environmental beliefs; Fracking; Hydraulic fracturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902440334     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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