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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

Ross Buck
Ross Buck*
Affiliation:
Department of Communication U-1085, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. ross.buck@uconn.eduhttp://coms.uconn.edu/directory/faculty/rbuck/index.htm
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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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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 308 - 309
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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