Two Reagans? Genre imperatives, ghostwriters, and presidential personality profiling

Political Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 839-851

  Sigelman, Lee ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Content analysis; Personality assessment; Positivity; Ronald Reagan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036914236     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00310     Document Type: Article

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