Negative affect can increase or decrease message scrutiny: The affect interpretation hypothesis

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1417-1428

  Bohner, Gerd ^a   Weinerth, Thomas ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035620157     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672012711003     Document Type: Article

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