The role of attitudinal ambivalence in susceptibility to consensus information

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-205

  Hodson, Gordon ^a   Maio, Gregory R ^b   Esses, Victoria M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035438201     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2303_6     Document Type: Article

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