Do Political Attitudes and Religiosity Share a Genetic Path?

Political Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 791-818

  Friesen, Amanda ^a   Ksiazkiewicz, Aleksander ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Ideology; Religion and politics; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946491525     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-014-9291-3     Document Type: Article

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