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Lack of political diversity and the framing of findings in personality and clinical psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld*
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Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. slilien@emory.edu http://www.psychology.emory.edu/clinical/lilienfeld/
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Abstract

I extend the arguments of Duarte et al. by examining the implications of political uniformity for the framing of findings in personality and clinical psychology. I argue that the one-sided framing of psychological research on political ideology has limited our understanding of the personality correlates of liberalism and conservatism.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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