The Ideological-Conflict Hypothesis: Intolerance Among Both Liberals and Conservatives

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-34

  Brandt, Mark J ^a   Reyna, Christine ^b   Chambers, John R ^c   Crawford, Jarret T ^d   Wetherell, Geoffrey ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

conservatism; ideology; intolerance; political psychology; prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893558019     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413510932     Document Type: Article

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