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The Relationship Between Harsh Parenting and Adolescents’ Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Psychologica Belgica
Volume 65 (2025): Issue 1
By: Dawei Wang,  Shuangju Wei,  Wenxu Mao,  Ziying Lu and  Yixin Hu  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1344 | Journal eISSN: 0033-2879
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 21, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 3, 2025
Published on: Mar 12, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
harsh parenting,
pro-environmental behavior,
intrinsic motivation,
egoistic values,
altruistic values,
biospheric values

© 2025 Dawei Wang, Shuangju Wei, Wenxu Mao, Ziying Lu, Yixin Hu, published by Ubiquity Press
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