Terror management and attitudes toward immigrants : Differential effects of mortality salience for low and high right-wing authoritarians

European Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-72

  Weise, David R ^a   Arciszewski, Thomas ^b   Verlhiac, Jean François ^c   Pyszczynski, Tom ^d   Greenberg, Jeff ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward immigrants; Right wing authoritarianism; Terror management theory; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856053366     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000056     Document Type: Review

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