Environmental Consequences of the Desire to Dominate and Be Superior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1127-1138

  Milfont, Taciano L ^a   Richter, Isabel ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^b   Wilson, Marc S ^a   Fischer, Ronald ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

environmentalism; gender differences; social dominance orientation; social dominance theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881228455     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213490805     Document Type: Article

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