Attitudes as stable and transparent constructions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 666-674

  Van Harreveld, Frenk ^a   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Attributes; Beliefs; Importance; Introspection; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644278594     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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