Mood, source characteristics, and message processing: A mood-congruent expectancies approach

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 743-752

  Ziegler, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expectancies; Information processing; Mood; Source honesty; Source likability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955581147     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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