Integrative complexity of 41 U.S. presidents

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-226

  Thoemmes, Felix J ^a   Conway III, Lucian Gideon ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five; Integrative complexity; Presidential personality; Presidents of the United States; State of the union address; Status contingency model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847612455     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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