Affirming belief in scientific progress reduces environmentally friendly behaviour

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 487-495

  Meijers, Marijn H C ^a   Rutjens, Bastiaan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84905560446     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2009     Document Type: Article

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