Politics and the General Factor of Personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 546-551

  Bell, Edward ^a   Woodley, Michael A ^b   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^c   Vernon, Philip A ^c  

^a BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; General Factor of Personality; Personality; Political attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863784228     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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