Belief, motivational, and ideological correlates of human rights attitudes

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-310

  Crowson, H Michael ^a   DeBacker, Teresa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Authoritarianism; Cognitive style; Human rights and civil liberties; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITARIANISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 47049084949     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.3.293-310     Document Type: Article

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