Human values, legal regulation, and approval of homosexuality in Europe: A cross-country comparison

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 120-134

  Kuntz, Anabel ^a   Davidov, Eldad ^b   Schwartz, Shalom H ^c,d   Schmidt, Peter ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84923183468     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2068     Document Type: Article

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