Can Reflective Diary-Writing Increase Sufficiency-Oriented Consumption? A Longitudinal Intervention Addressing the Role of Basic Psychological Needs, Subjective Well-Being, and Time Affluence
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consumer behavior; diary method; intervention; psychological needs; behavioral intention; pro-environmental behavior; environmental psychology; self-reflection; reflective writing; sufficiency orientation;All these keywords.
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