The prepared and spontaneous remarks of Presidents Reagan and Bush: A validity comparison for at-a-distance measurements

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 573-585

  Dille, Brian ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual complexity; George Bush; Operational code; Ronald Reagan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034257346     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00205     Document Type: Article

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