Not all ideologies are created equal: Epistemic, existential, and relational needs PREDICT system-justifying attitudes

Social Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 669-688

  Hennes, Erin P ^a   Nam, H Hannah ^a   Stern, Chadly ^a   Jost, John T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872558267     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.6.669     Document Type: Article

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