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Threat, Authoritarianism, and the Power of U.S. Presidents

Stewart J. H. McCann Department of Psychology, University College of Cape Breton, Canada, USA
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Leonard L. Stewin Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Canada, USA
Pages 149-157 | Received 02 Oct 1986, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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