I'm a hypocrite, but so is everyone else: Group support and the reduction of cognitive dissonance

Group Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 214-224

  McKimmie, Blake M ^a   Terry, Deborah J ^a   Hogg, Michael A ^a   Manstead, Antony S R ^b   Spears, Russell ^b   Doosje, Bertjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; STEREOTYPY; SUPPORT GROUP; THEORY;

EID: 0141535085     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.7.3.214     Document Type: Article

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