Do needs for security and certainty predict cultural and economic conservatism? A cross-national analysis

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1031-1051

  Malka, Ariel ^a   Soto, Christopher J ^b   Inzlicht, Michael ^c   Lelkes, Yphtach ^d  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural conservatism; Economic conservatism; Ideology; Political attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900856422     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036170     Document Type: Article

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