Authoritarianism, Need for Closure, and Conditions of Threat

Jennifer L. Merolla, Jennifer M. Ramos, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExtremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Pages212-227
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9781444331288
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 24 2011

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Psychology

Keywords

  • "extremist" preferences
  • "Need for closure"
  • Authoritarian predispositions
  • Authoritarianism
  • Collective crisis
  • Experiment-based approach
  • Right-wing
  • Right-wing extremism
  • Terrorism organization
  • Terrorist threat

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