Disgust sensitivity predicts political ideology and policy attitudes in the Netherlands

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-38

  Brenner, Corinne J ^a   Inbar, Yoel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84923221129     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2072     Document Type: Article

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