Attitude Importance and Resistance to Persuasion: It's Not Just the Thought That Counts

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 931-944

  Zuwerink, Julia R ^a,b   Devine, Patricia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 0001068670     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.5.931     Document Type: Article

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