Environmentally friendly consumer choices: Cultural differences in the self-regulatory function of anticipated pride and guilt

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-248

  Onwezen, Marleen C ^a   Bartels, Jos ^b   Antonides, Gerrit ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipated emotions; Collectivistic; Pro environmental choices; Self conscious emotions; Self construal; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907181812     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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