Relative Versus Absolute Measures of Explicit Attitudes: Implications for Predicting Diverse Attitude-Relevant Criteria

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 907-926

  Olson, James M ^a   Goffin, Richard D ^a   Haynes, Graeme A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

attitude measures; attitude behavior consistency; attitudes; explicit attitudes; social comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 38049020976     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.6.907     Document Type: Article

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