Attitude certainty and conflict style: Divergent effects of correctness and clarity

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 819-830

  Rios, Kimberly ^a   DeMarree, Kenneth G ^b   Statzer, Johnathan ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude certainty; Clarity; Conflict management; Correctness; Social consensus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905113481     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214528991     Document Type: Article

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