Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation: As mediators of worldview beliefs on attitudes related to the War on Terror

Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Crowson, H Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation; War on Terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649525675     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335.40.2.93     Document Type: Article

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