Need for cognition and conscientiousness as predictors of political interest and voting strategy

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1397-1416

  O'Hara, Ross E ^a,b   Walter, Mark I ^a   Christopher, Andrew N ^a  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 66849087496     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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