Political consequences of inconsistency: The accessibility and stability of abortion attitudes

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-79

  Huckfeldt, Robert ^a   Sprague, John ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Attitude consistency; Attitude strength; Response latency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034147472     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00177     Document Type: Article

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