System Justification and the Defense of Committed Relationship Ideology

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-306

  Day, Martin V ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b,c   Holmes, John G ^a   Napier, Jaime L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Ideology; Relationships; System justification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960820556     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023197     Document Type: Article

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