Are argumentative people better or worse at seeing both sides?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-573

  Frantz, Cynthia McPherson ^a,c   Seburn, Mary ^b  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argumentativeness; Evenhandedness; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042827710     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02654075030204007     Document Type: Article

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