Right-wing authoritarianism is a risk factor of torture-like abuse, but so is social dominance orientation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 927-929

  Larsson, Magnus R ^a   Björklund, Fredrik ^a   Bäckström, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abuse; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation; Torture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865554416     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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