Red, white, and blue enough to be green: Effects of moral framing on climate change attitudes and conservation behaviors

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-19

  Wolsko, Christopher ^a   Ariceaga, Hector ^a   Seiden, Jesse ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental attitudes; Matching effects; Moral foundations theory; Political orientation; Social identity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; FRAMING BIAS; MORALITY; POLARIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959378308     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2016.02.005     Document Type: Article

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