Mapping moral motives: Approach, avoidance, and political orientation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1091-1099

  Janoff Bulman, Ronnie ^a   Sheikh, Sana ^a   Baldacci, Kate G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach; Avoidance; Conservative; Liberal; Morality; Motivation; Politics; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549086576     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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