Personality and emotional response: Strategic and tactical responses to changing political circumstances

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 614, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 172-195

  Wolak, Jennifer ^a   Marcus, George E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Citizen attitudes; Emotional response; Personality traits; Political involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348883774     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207306086     Document Type: Article

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