Personality and civic engagement: An integrative framework for the study of trait effects on political behavior

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-110

  Mondak, Jeffery J ^a   Hibbing, Matthew V ^a   Canache, Damarys ^a   Seligson, Mitchell A ^b   Anderson, Mary R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

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EID: 77952420529     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990359     Document Type: Article

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