Deliberation from within: Changing one's mind during an interview

Political Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 885-919

  Fournier, Patrick ^a   Turgeon, Mathieu ^b   Blais, André ^a   Everitt, Joanna ^c   Gidengil, Elisabeth ^d   Nevitte, Neil ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Attitude formation; Deliberation; Vote preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051695857     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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