Compassionate liberals and polite conservatives: Associations of agreeableness with political ideology and moral values

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 655-664

  Hirsh, Jacob B ^a   DeYoung, Colin G ^b   Xu, Xiaowen ^a   Peterson, Jordan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Liberalism; Morality; Personality; Politics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; ONTARIO; OREGON; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952319073     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210366854     Document Type: Article

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