The reliabilities of an English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa version of the SDO6 scale in South Africa

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-36

  Meyer, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Internal consistency; IsiXhosa SDO scale; Social dominance orientation (SDO); Social dominance theory; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862489393     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124631204200104     Document Type: Review

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