Dogmatism updated: A scale revision and validation

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-291

  Shearman, Sachiyo M ^a   Levine, Timothy R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed mindedness; Cognitive style; Construct validity; Dogmatism; Scale construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960095474     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370600877950     Document Type: Article

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