Attitudes toward law and prisoners, conservative authoritarianism, attribution, and internal-external locus of control: Korean and American law students and undergraduates

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 595-615

  Na, Eun Yeong ^a   Loftus, Elizabeth F ^a  

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EID: 0032348827     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022198295001     Document Type: Article

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