The effects of mortality salience on political preferences: The roles of charisma and political orientation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Kosloff, Spee ^a   Greenberg, Jeff ^a   weise, David ^a   Solomon, Sheldon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charisma; Conservatism; Liberalism; Mortality salience; Political orientation; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449658834     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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