The emotional foundation of political cognition: The impact of extrinsic anxiety on the formation of political tolerance judgments

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 949-963

  Marcus, George E ^a   Sullivan, John L ^b   Theiss Morse, Elizabeth ^c   Stevens, Daniel ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Anxiety; Framing; Persuasion; Political tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444439516     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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