When thinking about less failure causes more dissonance: The effect of elaboration and recall on behavior change following hypocrisy

Social Influence

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 199-211

  Stone, Jeff ^a   Fernandez, Nicholas C ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Ease of retrieval; Elaboration; Hypocrisy; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859346109     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2011.618368     Document Type: Article

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