Prejudice: The Person in the situation

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 890-897

  Akrami, Nazar ^a   Ekehammar, Bo ^a   Bergh, Robin ^a   Dahlstrand, Elisabet ^a   Malmsten, Sanna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Big Five; Prejudice; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation; Social norm; Social threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349136287     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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