Is political conservatism synonymous with authoritarianism?

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 571-592

  Crowson, H Michael ^a   Thoma, Stephen J ^b   Hestevold, Nita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Epistemological beliefs; Moral development; Need for closure; Need for cognition; Right wing authoritarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444494567     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.145.5.571-592     Document Type: Article

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