Right- and left-wing prejudice toward dissimilar groups in cultural and economic domains

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 807-823

  Czarnek, Gabriela ^a   Szwed, Paulina ^a   Kossowska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

conservatism; ideological conflict hypothesis; political beliefs; value violation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; WING;

EID: 85056908134     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2548     Document Type: Article

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