How we conceptualize our attitudes matters: The effects of valence framing on the resistance of political attitudes

Political Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 553-568

  Bizer, George Y ^a,c   Petty, Richard E ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Attitudes; Negativity effect; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844497160     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2005.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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