When threat to society becomes a threat to oneself: Implications for right-wing attitudes and ethnic prejudice

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-34

  Onraet, Emma ^a   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnic prejudice; Personal threat; Right wing attitudes; Societal threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERRORISM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITARIANISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACISM; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERRORISM;

EID: 84873931632     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.701747     Document Type: Article

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