The effect of self-attribute relevance on how self-esteem moderates attitude change in dissonance processes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 508-515

  Stone, Jeff ^a   Cooper, Joel ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Cognitive dissonance; Self affirmation; Self consistency; Self esteem; Self standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141798536     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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