Prejudice against international students: The role of threat perceptions and authoritarian dispositions in U.S. students

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 413-428

  Charles Toussaint, Gifflene C ^a   Crowson, H Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

international students; realistic threat; right wing authoritarianism; social dominance orientation; symbolic threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTHORITARIANISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; SYMBOLISM; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85052429980     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2010.496643     Document Type: Article

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