Conservatism as motivated avoidance of affect: Need for affect scales predict conservatism measures

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 755-762

  Leone, Luigi ^a   Chirumbolo, Antonio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Motivated social cognition; Motivation; Need for affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249099788     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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