Liberal and conservative political ideologies: Different routes to happiness?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 502-505

  Choma, Becky L ^a   Busseri, Michael A ^b   Sadava, Stanley W ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Political conservatism; Political ideology; Political liberalism; Positive affect; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949098548     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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