Political Ideology, Trust, and Cooperation: In-group Favoritism among Republicans and Democrats during a US National Election

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 797-818

  Balliet, Daniel ^a   Tybur, Joshua M ^a   Wu, Junhui ^a   Antonellis, Christian ^a   Van Lange, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cooperation; in group favoritism; political ideology; right wing authoritarianism; social dominance orientation; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014809916     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002716658694     Document Type: Article

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