Attitudes to the Iraq war and mandatory detention of asylum seekers: Associations with authoritarianism, social dominance, and mortality salience

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-77

  Lyall, Heather C ^a   Thorsteinsson, Einar B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Attitudes; Iraq war; Mandatory detention; Mortality salience; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547368239     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530601148421     Document Type: Article

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