Racist or racism? Taxometric support for a dimensional latent structure of explicit prejudice

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-128

  Denson, Thomas F ^a   Iyer, Ravi ^b   Lickel, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Prejudice; Racial attitudes; Racism; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549085698     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209343294     Document Type: Article

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