Me, us, or them: Who is more conformist? Perception of conformity and political orientation

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-346

  Cavazza, Nicoletta ^a   Mucchi Faina, Angelica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformity; Political orientation; Self other judgments; Social influence; Third person effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049101722     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.3.335-346     Document Type: Article

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