In the search for a post-communist syndrome: A theoretical framework and empirical assessment

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-52

  Klicperová, Martina ^a   Feierabend, Ivo K ^b   Hofstetter, C Richard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic culture; Civility; Cross cultural comparisons; Democracy; Learned helplessness; Post communist syndrome; Q factor analysis; Schema; Totalitarian syndrome; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031497272     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199702)7:1<39::aid-casp398>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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