Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation differentially predict biased evaluations of media reports

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-174

  Crawford, Jarret T ^a   Jussim, Lee ^b   Cain, Thomas R ^b   Cohen, Florette ^c  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84872654545     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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