Are liberals agreeable or not? Politeness and compassion differentially predict political conservatism via distinct ideologies

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 354-360

  Osborne, Danny ^a   Wootton, Liz W ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Conservatism; Personality; Political orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886060057     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000132     Document Type: Article

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