What doesn't kill me makes me stronger: The effects of resisting persuasion on attitude certainty

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1298-1313

  Tormala, Zakary L ^a   Petty, Richard E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040076463     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1298     Document Type: Article

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