Personality and politics: introduction to the special issue
Lauren E Duncan1, Bill E Peterson, Eileen L Zurbriggen
1Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA. lduncan@smith.edu
Abstract:
This special issue of Journal of Personality brings together 10 original articles addressing the intersection of personality and politics. Articles build on classic traditions in political psychology by presenting both idiographic and nomothetic work on the motivational, cognitive, ideological, attitudinal, and identity correlates of many different aspects of political behavior. This work is used to understand political activism and leadership as well as everyday political behavior. We hope this collection of articles will inspire our readers to explore new investigations in personality and political psychology.
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