Social and economic ideologies differentially predict prejudice across the political spectrum, but social issues are most divisive

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 383-412

  Crawford, J T ^a   Brandt, M J ^b   Inbar, Yoel ^c   Chambers, J R ^d   Motyl, M ^e  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic issues; Ideology; Prejudice; Social issues; Worldview conflict

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREJUDICE; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85013474287     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000074     Document Type: Article

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