Voters and leaders in the mirror of politics: Similarity in personality and voting choice in Italy and Spain

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-270

  Vecchione, Michele ^a   Castro, José Luis González ^b   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Big five; Personality; Politics; Similarity; Voting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; ITALY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ITALY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053318619     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2010.551124     Document Type: Article

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