Party Over Policy: The Dominating Impact of Group Influence on Political Beliefs

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 808-822

  Cohen, Geoffrey L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; DENIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; STUDENTS;

EID: 0242676963     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.808     Document Type: Review

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