Resisting persuasion by the skin of one's teeth: The hidden success of resisted persuasive messages

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 423-435

  Tormala, Zakary L ^a   Clarkson, Joshua J ^a   Petty, Richard E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude strength; Attitudes; Certainty; Metacognition; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTENTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748572248     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.3.423     Document Type: Article

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