Religiosity and prejudice revisited: In-group favoritism, out-group derogation, or both?

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-168

  Johnson, Megan K ^a   Rowatt, Wade C ^a   Labouff, Jordan P ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; intergroup bias; prejudice; priming; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874093946     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025107     Document Type: Article

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