Bringing Back the System: One Reason Why Conservatives are Happier Than Liberals is That Higher Socioeconomic Status Gives Them Access to More Group Memberships

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-13

  Jetten, Jolanda ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^b   Barlow, Fiona Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

multiple group membership; political orientation; social capital; social class; system justifying ideology; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870863462     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612439721     Document Type: Article

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