Personalities of Politicians and Voters: Unique and Synergistic Relationships

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 849-856

  Caprara, GianVittorio ^a   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a   Consiglio, Chiara ^a   Picconi, Laura ^a   Zimbardo, Philip G ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037997347     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.849     Document Type: Article

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