The intervening role of social worldviews in the relationship between the five-factor model of personality and social attitudes

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-148

  Van Hiel, A ^a,b   Cornelis, I ^a   Roets, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Five factor model; Political psychology; Social attitudes; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947584643     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.618     Document Type: Article

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