What Makes the Political Personal? Openness, Personal Political Salience, and Activism

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 943-968

  Curtin, Nicola ^a   Stewart, Abigail J ^a   Duncan, Lauren E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOBBYING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 77954002501     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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