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Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology / Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental
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RESEARCH PAPER / ARTÍCULO DE INVESTIGACIÓN

A new climate externalities food knowledge test validated by item response theory and behavioural data prediction (Validación de una nueva prueba de conocimientos sobre la externalidad climática de los alimentos mediante la teoría de respuesta al ítem y la predicción a partir de datos conductuales)

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Pages 297-337 | Received 13 Sep 2021, Accepted 21 Mar 2023, Published online: 09 Oct 2023

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