Understanding the relation between explicitly and implicitly measured political orientation: The moderating role of political sophistication

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 964-967

  Choma, Becky L ^a,b   Hafer, Carolyn L ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implicit Association Test; Political attitudes; Political conservatism; Political ideology; Political liberalism; Political sophistication

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849092306     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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