Openness to attitude change as a function of temporal perspective

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1010-1023

  DeWall, C Nathan ^a   Visser, Penny S ^b   Levitan, Lindsey Clark ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Persuasion; Socioemotional selectivity theory; Temporal perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 33745939576     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206288009     Document Type: Article

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