Narrative: An ontology, epistemology and methodology for pro-environmental psychology research

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 215-222

  Brown, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialogism; Energy; Methodology; Narrative; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020865861     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.006     Document Type: Article

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