Understanding proenvironmental attitudes and behavior: An analysis and review of research based on the theory of planned behavior

Psychological Theories for Environmental Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 171-202

  Staats, Henk ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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