Family Metaphors and Moral Intuitions: How Conservatives and Liberals Narrate Their Lives

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 978-990

  McAdams, Dan P ^a   Albaugh, Michelle ^a   Farber, Emily ^a   Daniels, Jennifer ^a   Logan, Regina L ^a   Olson, Brad ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conservatives; liberals; life stories; morality; political psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; LITERATURE; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MALE; METAPHOR; MORALS; NARRATION; POLITICS;

EID: 54949138378     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012650     Document Type: Article

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