When likeness goes with liking: The case of political preference

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 609-632

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Big Five; Personality; Politics; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548503858     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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