Effects of evaluative (in-)consistency and perceived self-efficacy on attitude formation

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-195

  Broemer, Philip ^a   Jonas, Klaus ^b   Diehl, Michael ^b  

^a Psychologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Attitude judgment; Perceived self efficacy; Systematic processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034257526     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.59.3.183     Document Type: Article

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