Need for cognitive closure and politics: Voting, political attitudes and attributional style

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Chirumbolo, Antonio ^a   Areni, Alessandra ^a   Sensales, Gilda ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 4043055725     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590444000005     Document Type: Article

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