Attitudinal ambivalence: A test of three key hypotheses

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1421-1432

  Armitage, Christopher J ^a   Conner, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034348170     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200263009     Document Type: Article

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