Personality, ideology, prejudice, and politics: A dual-process motivational model

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1861-1894

  Duckitt, John ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTHORITARIANISM; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78149401904     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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