Voters' personality traits in presidential elections

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1199-1208

  Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Vecchione, Michele ^a   Fraley, Chris R ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Personality; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947114282     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.09.029     Document Type: Article

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