Social dominance orientation moderates reactions to Black and White discrimination claimants

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-88

  Unzueta, Miguel M ^a   Everly, Benjamin A ^b   Gutiérrez, Angélica S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Inequality; Race; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900024192     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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