Social vigilantism: Measuring individual differences in belief superiority and resistance to persuasion

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-32

  Saucier, Donald A ^a   Webster, Russell J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Counterarguing; Individual difference; Persuasion; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 72749106811     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209346170     Document Type: Article

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