"Fear-then-relief" procedure for producing compliance: Beware when the danger is over

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-50

  Dolinski, Dariusz ^a   Nawrat, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^b Fachschule fur Altenpflege Forchheim   (Germany)

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EID: 0032346737     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.1997.1341     Document Type: Article

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