Interest and expertise moderate the relationship between right-wing attitudes, ideological self-placement and voting

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-13

  Leone, Luigi ^a   Desimoni, Marta ^a   Chirumbolo, Antonio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Expertise; Interest; Moderation analysis; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893858725     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1880     Document Type: Article

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