Antigay prejudice among heterosexual males: Right-wing authoritarianism as a stronger predictor than social-dominance orientation and heterosexual identity

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1137-1150

  Stones, Christopher R ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antigay prejudice; Heterosexuality; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751413468     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.9.1137     Document Type: Article

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