The act of rejecting reduces the desire to reconnect: Evidence for a cognitive dissonance account

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-50

  Zhou, Xinyue ^a   Zheng, Liwei ^a   Zhou, Lixing ^a   Guo, Nan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Reconnection; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549113246     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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