Common Heritable Effects Underpin Concerns Over Norm Maintenance and In-Group Favoritism: Evidence From Genetic Analyses of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Traditionalism

Journal of Personality

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-309

  Lewis, Gary J ^a   Bates, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTHORITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL NORM; TWINS;

ADULT; AUTHORITARIANISM; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL NORMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS;

EID: 84903878821     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12055     Document Type: Article

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