Belief in a just world and social dominance orientation: Evidence for a mediational pathway predicting negative attitudes and discrimination against individuals with mental illness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 428-432

  Bizer, George Y ^a   Hart, Joshua ^a   Jekogian, Allison M ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavioral intention; Belief in a just world; Individual differences; Mental illness; Personality; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455173512     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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