Ambivalence, discomfort, and motivated information processing

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-258

  Nordgren, Loran F ^a   van Harreveld, Frenk ^a   van der Pligt, Joop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Ambivalence; Attitudes; Consistency; Information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044443888     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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