Mood and multiple source characteristics: Mood congruency of source consensus status and source trustworthiness as determinants of message scrutiny

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1016-1030

  Ziegler, Rene ^a   Diehl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

congruency; consensus; expectancies; information processing; majority minority; mood; trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRUST;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959478354     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211410438     Document Type: Article

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