Social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism: Additive and interactive effects on political conservatism

Political Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-284

  Wilson, Marc Stewart ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Multilevel random coefficient modelling; Political conservatism; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875592727     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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