Group-Based Dominance and Opposition to Equality Correspond to Different Psychological Motives

Social Justice Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-155

  Kugler, Matthew B ^a   Cooper, Joel ^b   Nosek, Brian A ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Political psychology; Prejudice; Social Dominance Orientation; Social identity; System justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955843921     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-010-0112-5     Document Type: Article

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