Alienation and empathy as mediators of the relation between Social Dominance Orientation, Right-Wing Authoritarianism and expressions of racism and sexism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-299

  Nicol, Adelheid A M ^a   Rounding, Kevin ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alienation; Empathy; Prejudice; Racism; Right Wing Authoritarianism; Sexism; Social Dominance Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878129790     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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