Political Conservatism, Need for Cognitive Closure, and Intergroup Hostility

Political Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-541

  De Zavala, Agnieszka Golec ^a   Cislak, Aleksandra ^b   Wesolowska, Elzbieta ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Intergroup Hostility; Need for Cognitive Closure; Political Conservatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955139541     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2010.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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