Subjective Status Shapes Political Preferences

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-26

  Brown Iannuzzi, Jazmin L ^a   Lundberg, Kristjen B ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b   Payne, B Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; open data; open materials; policymaking; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922191699     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614553947     Document Type: Article

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