Threat as a motivator of political activism: A field experiment

Political Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-523

  Miller, Joanne M ^a   Krosnick, Jon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Political participation; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043095476     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00384.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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