A skeptical look at dispositional reactance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1291-1297

  Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Individual differences; Persuasion; Reactance; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644593234     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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