Understanding knowledge effects on attitude-behavior consistency: The role of relevance, complexity, and amount of knowledge

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 556-577

  Fabrigar, Leandre R ^a   Petty, Richard E ^b   Smith, Steven M ^c   Crites Jr , Stephen L ^d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude complexity; Attitude behavior consistency; Attitude relevant knowledge; Attitudes

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; GOALS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33744759219     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.4.556     Document Type: Article

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