The moderation of ambivalence on attitude-intention relations as mediated by attitude importance

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-933

  Costarelli, Sandro ^a   Colloca, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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EID: 34748869032     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.403     Document Type: Article

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