Distinguishing the cognitive and behavioral consequences of attitude importance and certainty: A new approach to testing the common-factor hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-141

  Visser, Penny S ^a   Krosnick, Jon A ^b   Simmons, Joseph P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344950454     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00522-X     Document Type: Article

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