The politics of time: Conservatives differentially reference the past and liberals differentially reference the future

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 391-399

  Robinson, Michael D ^a   Cassidy, Deirdre M ^a   Boyd, Ryan L ^b   Fetterman, Adam K ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84935691444     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12306     Document Type: Article

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