Consumer Response to Decision Conflict from Negatively Correlated Attributes: Down the Primrose Path or Up Against the Wall?

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-169

  Hansen, David E ^b   Helgeson, James G ^a  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346607173     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/153276601750132722     Document Type: Article

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