When my country is at war: Issue importance and interpersonal influence lead Iraq War attitudes to cluster within social networks

Social Influence

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-248

  Cullum, Jerry G ^a   Okdie, Bradley M ^b   Harton, Helen C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Attitude importance; Interpersonal group processes; Iraq War; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859337046     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2011.627738     Document Type: Article

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