Gut reactions: Moral conviction, religiosity, and trust in authority

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1059-1063

  Wisneski, Daniel C ^a   Lytle, Brad L ^a   Skitka, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; AUTHORITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTHORITARIANISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; POLITICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549096347     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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