The importance of values in predicting Turkish youth's opinions about the European Union in light of the Copenhagen Political Criteria

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 988-996

  Kuşdil, M Ersin ^a   Şimşek, Sefa ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

European Union; Nationalism; Religiosity; Turkish youth; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCULTURATION; ATTITUDE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749151066     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701484827     Document Type: Article

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