Social Influence in Personally Relevant Contexts: The Respect Attributed to the Source as a Factor Increasing Smokers' Intention to Quit Smoking

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1818-1836

  Invernizzi, Federica ^a   Falomir Pichastor, Juan Manuel ^a   Muñoz Rojas, Daniel ^a   Mugny, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0742306204     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb02082.x     Document Type: Review

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