Conservatism is good for you: Cultural conservatism protects self-esteem in older adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-123

  Van Hiel, Alain ^a   Brebels, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Conservatism; Old people; Right wing beliefs; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957911199     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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