Openness as a predictor of political orientation and conventional and unconventional political activism in Western and Eastern Europe

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-63

  Roets, Arne ^a   Cornelis, Ilse ^a   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLITICS;

EID: 84891371581     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2013.809354     Document Type: Article

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