Individual differences in need for closure and voting behaviour

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1279-1288

  Chirumbolo, Antonio ^a   Leone, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Longitudinal design; Need for closure; Personality; Political psychology; Voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149142218     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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