Personality dispositions and political preferences across hard and easy issues

Political Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-53

  Johnston, Christopher D ^a   Wronski, Julie ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Motivation; Personality; Persuasion; Political attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925245739     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12068     Document Type: Article

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