Seize and freeze: Openness to Experience shapes judgments of societal threat

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 677-686

  Perry, Ryan ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anchoring and adjustment; Dangerous worldview; Openness to experience; Seize and freeze

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881221915     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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