Should President Clinton be prosecuted for perjury? The effects of preference for consistency, self-esteem, and political party affiliation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1821-1831

  Nail, Paul R ^a   Bedell, Katrina E ^a   Little, Casey D ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Individual differences; Preference for consistency; Self theory; Self affirmation theory; Self consistency theory; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142184797     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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