The role of amount, cognitive elaboration, and structural consistency of attitude-relevant knowledge in the formation of attitude certainty

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-295

  Smith, Steven M ^a   Fabrigar, Leandre R ^b   Macdougall, Bonnie L ^b   Wiesenthal, Naomi L ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 41149174237     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.447     Document Type: Article

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