The Effects of Prior Attitudes and Attitude Importance on Attitude Change and Class Impact in Women's and Gender Studies

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2341-2353

  Sevelius, Jeanne M ^a   Stake, Jayne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 1042291068     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01888.x     Document Type: Article

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