Role and impact of involvement and enhanced threat in resistance

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Pfau, Michael ^a   Banas, John ^a   Semmler, Shane M ^b   Deatrick, Leslie ^c   Lane, Lindsay ^a   Mason, Alicia ^d   Craig, Elizabeth ^e   Nisbett, Gwen ^a   Underhill, Jill ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Inoculation; Involvement; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957050450     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370903520307     Document Type: Article

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