Can I borrow a feeling? Spillover of negative arousal from inconsistent information during attitude formation diminishes perceptions of well-being

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 575-578

  Rydell, Robert J ^a   Durso, Geoffrey R O ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Implicit ambivalence; Misattribution of arousal; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857140093     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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