Selective exposure: The impact of framing information search instructions as gains and losses

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 837-846

  Kastenmüller, Andreas ^a   Fischer, Peter ^b   Jonas, Eva ^c   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^d   Frey, Dieter ^e   Köppl, Julia ^e   Aydin, Nilüfer ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 77957221597     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.653     Document Type: Article

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