Emotion regulation as the Foundation of Political Attitudes: Does reappraisal decrease support for conservative policies?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Jooa Julia ^a   Sohn, Yunkyu ^b   Fowler, James H ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COGNITION; CONSERVATISM; DISGUST; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; MORALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SELF EVALUATION;

ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS;

EID: 84893187025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083143     Document Type: Article

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