Gender, sexuality, and the authoritarian personality

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1801-1826

  Peterson, Bill E ^a   Zurbriggen, Eileen L ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTHORITARIANISM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERSONALITY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 78149362880     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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