Does Cultural Exposure Partially Explain the Association Between Personality and Political Orientation?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1497-1517

  Xu, Xiaowen ^a   Mar, Raymond A ^b   Peterson, Jordan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cultural exposure; personality; political orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POLITICAL ORIENTATION; POLITICS; YOUNG ADULT;

CULTURAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY; POLITICAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885663817     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213499235     Document Type: Article

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