Attributionally more complex people show less punitiveness and racism

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1074-1081

  Tam, Kim Pong ^a   Au, Al ^b   Leung, Angela Ka Yee ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attributional complexity; Gender; Need for cognition; Prejudice; Punitiveness; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149096707     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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