Genetic and Environmental Transmission of Political Orientations

Political Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 805-819

  Funk, Carolyn L ^a   Smith, Kevin B ^b   Alford, John R ^c   Hibbing, Matthew V ^d   Eaton, Nicholas R ^e   Krueger, Robert F ^e   Eaves, Lindon J ^a   Hibbing, John R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Egalitarianism; Genetics; Ideology; Twin study; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888335477     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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