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Beyond total effects: Exploring the interplay of personality and attitudes in affecting turnout in the 2009 German federal election
Schoen, Harald
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Steinbrecher, Markus
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12031
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URL:
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pops.12...
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Document Type:
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Article
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Year of publication:
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2013
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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Political Psychology
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Volume:
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34
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Issue number:
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4
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Page range:
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533-552
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Place of publication:
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Malden, Mass. [u.a.]
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Publishing house:
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Blackwell
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ISSN:
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0162-895X , 1467-9221
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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School of Social Sciences > Vergleichende Politische Verhaltensforschung (Rattinger 2008-2015, Em)
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Subject:
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320 Political science
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Abstract:
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This article addresses the role of personality traits in shaping electoral participation. Utilizing data from a
survey conducted after the 2009 German federal election, we demonstrate that agreeableness and emotional
stability increase electoral participation. Yet, the main contribution of this article is to link personality traits to
attitudinal predictors of turnout. First, we demonstrate that attitudinal variables, including party identification,
civic duty, political interest, and internal and external efficacy, serve as intervening variables that mediate the
impact of personality on turnout. Second, we show that personality traits exhibit conditioning effects by
increasing or decreasing the impact of attitudinal factors on electoral participation. By and large, the evidence
suggests that openness, agreeableness, and extraversion render attitudes (somewhat) less powerful in affecting
turnout while conscientiousness and emotional stability increase the impact of certain attitudes. Third, we put
indirect and conditioning effects together and find that emotional stability and conscientiousness exhibit
particularly interesting patterns of effects: They shape attitudes in a way conducive to higher turnout and make
these attitudes more powerful in affecting voter participation.
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