The impact of cognitive styles on authoritarianism based conservatism and racism

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-50

  Cornelis, Ilse ^a,b   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Developmental Personality and Social Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 33645990021     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2801_4     Document Type: Article

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