Right-Wing Authoritarianism: Protective Factor Against or Risk Factor for Depression?

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 536-549

  Duriez, Bart ^a   Klimstra, Theo A ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Beyers, Wim ^b   Soenens, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Depression; Life events; Vulnerability; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866442213     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.853     Document Type: Article

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