A motivational model of authoritarianism: Integrating personal and situational determinants

Political Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 693-719

  Jugert, Philipp ^a   Duckitt, John ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Personality; Right Wing Authoritarianism; Security motivation; Social Dominance Orientation; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249103821     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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