Why counterattitudinal messages are as memorable as proattitudinal messages: The importance of active defense against attack

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1392-1408

  Eagly, Alice H ^a   Kulesa, Patrick ^b   Brannon, Laura A ^b   Shaw, Kelly ^b   Hutson Comeaux, Sarah ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034348171     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200263007     Document Type: Article

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