Further evidence that psychological reactance can be modeled as a combination of anger and negative cognitions

Communication Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-276

  Quick, Brian L ^a   Stephenson, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom ads; Message processing; Psychological reactance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247866311     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650207300427     Document Type: Article

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