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Social Desirability, Environmental Attitudes, and General Ecological Behaviour in Children

Britta Oerke Department of Biology Didactics, Centre of Math and Science Education, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Franz X. Bogner Department of Biology Didactics, Centre of Math and Science Education, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Pages 713-730 | Published online: 01 Jun 2011

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