The Allure of Sexism: Psychological Entitlement Fosters Women's Endorsement of Benevolent Sexism Over Time

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 422-429

  Hammond, Matthew D ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^a   Overall, Nickola C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ambivalent sexism; benevolent sexism; entitlement; latent variable interactions; narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898890789     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613506124     Document Type: Article

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