Reactance, Restoration, and Cognitive Structure: Comparative Statics

Human Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-364

  Bessarabova, Elena ^a   Fink, Edward L ^b   Turner, Monique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878970874     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hcre.12007     Document Type: Article

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