Cultural worldviews and climate change: A view from China

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 134-144

  Xue, Wen ^a   Hine, Donald W ^a   Marks, Anthony D G ^a   Phillips, Wendy J ^a   Zhao, Shouying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cultural cognition; Cultural theory of risk; Environmental risk; Risk perception; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961212407     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12116     Document Type: Article

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