Positive and negative opinion modeling: The influence of another's similarity and dissimilarity

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 440-452

  Hilmert, Clayton J ^a,c   Kulik, James A ^b   Christenfeld, Nicholas J S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity; Influence; Modeling; Similarity; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745065727     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.3.440     Document Type: Article

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