Right-wing authoritarianism, attitude salience, and beliefs about matters of fact

Political Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 839-866

  Mirels, Herbert L ^a   Dean, Janet B ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Asbury College   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude salience; Authoritarianism; Ideology; Social beliefs; Societal issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751294889     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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