Perceptions of risk and the buffering hypothesis: The role of just world beliefs and right-wing authoritarianism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 643-656

  Lambert, Alan J ^a   Burroughs, Thomas ^b   Nguyen, Tina ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033241991     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167299025006001     Document Type: Article

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