Scarcity claims elicit extreme responding to persuasive messages: Role of cognitive elaboration

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 365-375

  Brannon, Laura A ^a   Brock, Timothy C ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035530317     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201273010     Document Type: Article

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