Contingent effects of anxiety on message elaboration and persuasion

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-150

  Sengupta, Jaideep ^a   Johar, Gita Venkataramani ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0035608896     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167201272001     Document Type: Article

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