An information processing theory of ambivalence

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 563-585

  Rudolph, Thomas J ^a   Popp, Elizabeth ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Information processing; Motivated reasoning; Need for cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548413704     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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