Is love colorblind? political orientation and interracial romantic desire

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1258-1268

  Eastwick, Paul W ^a   Richeson, Jennifer A ^a   Son, Deborah ^a   Finkel, Eli J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Intergroup relations; Political orientation; Relationships; Speed dating; System justification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COURTSHIP; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949121759     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209338524     Document Type: Article

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