Attitudes toward illegal immigration: A cross-national methodological comparison

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-110

  Ommundsen, Reidar ^a   Mörch, Sven ^b   Hak, Tony ^c   Larsen, Knud S ^d   Van Derveer, Kees ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Illegal immigrants; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PUBLIC OPINION; STUDENTS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0039486740     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980209604142     Document Type: Article

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