Experienced Ambivalence as a Moderator of the Consistency between Attitudes and Behaviors

Zeitschrift fur Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-165

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

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Attitude; Attitude strength; Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360085     PISSN: 00443514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//0044-3514.31.3.153     Document Type: Article

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