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Correlation not Causation: The Relationship between Personality Traits and Political Ideologies

  1. Brad Verhulst1,
  2. Lindon J. Eaves2,
  3. Peter K. Hatemi3,4

Article first published online: 16 DEC 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00568.x

Issue

American Journal of Political Science

American Journal of Political Science

Volume 56, Issue 1, pages 34–51, January 2012

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Verhulst, B., Eaves, L. J. and Hatemi, P. K. (2012), Correlation not Causation: The Relationship between Personality Traits and Political Ideologies. American Journal of Political Science, 56: 34–51. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00568.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Virginia Commonwealth University

  2. 2

    Virginia Commonwealth University

  3. 3

    The Pennsylvania State University

  4. 4

    University of Sydney

*Brad Verhulst is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, VA 23298-980003 (brad.verhulst@gmail.com). Lindon J. Eaves is Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, VA 23298-980003 (eaves.lindon@gmail.com). Peter K. Hatemi is Associate Professor of Political Science and Microbiology at The Pennsylvania State University and Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, 307 Pond Lab, University Park, PA 16802 (phatemi@gmail.com).

  1. The data for this article were collected with the financial support of the National Institute of Health AA-06781 and MH-40828 (PI: Eaves). Data analysis was supported by NIH Grant 5R25DA026119 (PI: Neale). To obtain a copy of the data for replication, please go to http://polisci.la.psu.edu/facultybios/hatemi.html. The authors would like to thank John Jost and the members of his lab for useful comments in the preparation of this manuscript. Any errors of interpretation are, of course, our own.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JAN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 16 DEC 2011

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