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Emotional attachment security as the origin of liberal-conservative differences in vigilance to negative features of the environment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2014
Abstract
This commentary advances the hypothesis that differences between liberal and conservative orientations noted in the target article are emotional in nature and caused by differences in attachment security: Conservatives are more vigilant to negative features of the environment because of a general sense of insecurity, whereas liberals are relatively more secure.
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Emotional attachment security as the origin of liberal-conservative differences in vigilance to negative features of the environment
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