Feeling Validated Versus Being Correct: A Meta-Analysis of Selective Exposure to Information

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-588

  Hart, William ^a   Albarracín, Dolores ^b   Eagly, Alice H ^c   Brechan, Inge ^a   Lindberg, Matthew J ^d   Merrill, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive dissonance; confirmation bias; decision making; selective exposure; self regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 67650091319     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015701     Document Type: Article

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