The dissonance-inducing effects of an inconsistency between experienced empathy and knowledge of past failures to help: Support for the action-based model of dissonance

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-78

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Peterson, Hannah ^a   Vaughn, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0037289505     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2501_5     Document Type: Article

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