Incidental experiences of regulatory fit and the processing of persuasive appeals

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1342-1355

  Koenig, Anne M ^a   Cesario, Joseph ^b   Molden, Daniel C ^c   Kosloff, Spee ^d   Higgins, E Tory ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depth of processing; Motivation; Persuasion; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; CUES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349210844     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209339076     Document Type: Article

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