Personality and political attitudes: Relationships across issue domains and political contexts

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-133

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Huber, Gregory A ^a   Doherty, David ^a   Dowling, Conor M ^a   Ha, Shang E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 77952355189     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055410000031     Document Type: Article

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