Persuasion by a single route: A view from the unimodel

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-109

  Kruglanski, Arie W ^a   Thompson, Erik P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033465370     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327965PL100201     Document Type: Article

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