Attitude stability and attitude strength: One is enough to make it stable

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 447-477

  Prislin, Radmila ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030557958     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199605)26:3<447::AID-EJSP768>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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