The effect of affect-based dissonance versus cognition-based dissonance on motivated reasoning and health-related persuasion

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 302-313

  Keller, Punam Anand ^a   Block, Lauren Goldberg ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039550879     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.5.3.302     Document Type: Article

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