Attitudes toward U.S. immigration policy: The roles of in-group-out-group bias, economic concern, and obedience to law

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 617-634

  Lee, Yueh Ting ^a   Ottati, Victor ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic concern; In group out group bias; Obedience to the law; U.S. immigration policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036777657     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540209603922     Document Type: Article

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