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Political values, patriotism, institutional trust and connectedness to nature predict environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour (Los valores políticos, el patriotismo, la confianza en las instituciones y la conexión con la naturaleza predicen las actitudes y la conducta proambientales)

Pages 244-296 | Received 19 Sep 2022, Accepted 25 Jan 2023, Published online: 27 Jun 2023

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