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Sami Fredriksson

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Personality and Turnout: Results from the Finnish Longitudinal Studies

2011

Scholars in the field of electoral participation have for long been aware that turnout is strongly connected to sociopsychological variables such as religiosity, party identification, political interest and sense of political efficacy. The impact of personality characteristics has remained largely unexplored until recently. Based on the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS, original N = 369), this article analyses the links between individuals' personality traits and their propensity to vote at ages 36, 42 and 50. The personality traits are measured by using the five-factor model of personality consisting of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness,…

AgreeablenessSociology and Political Sciencemedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesAlternative five model of personality050109 social psychologyConscientiousnessBig Five personality traits and culture16. Peace & justiceHierarchical structure of the Big Five0506 political science050602 political science & public administrationOpenness to experiencePersonality0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBig Five personality traitsPsychologySocial psychologymedia_commonScandinavian Political Studies
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