Intention to oppose animal research: The role of individual differences in nonconformity

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 955-964

  Goldsmith, Ronald E ^a   Clark, Ronald A ^b   Lafferty, Barbara ^c,d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Animal testing; Anticonformity; Independence; Nonconformity; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749361715     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.8.955     Document Type: Article

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