Limits on Legitimacy: Moral and Religious Convictions as Constraints on Deference to Authority

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 567-578

  Skitka, Linda J ^a   Bauman, Christopher W ^b   Lytle, Brad L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

fairness; legitimacy; morality; obedience; religiosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; RIGHT TO DIE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; OREGON; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049100385     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015998     Document Type: Article

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