A new framework for resistance to persuasion: The resistance appraisals hypothesis

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 213-234

  Tormala, Zakary L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838068     Document Type: Chapter

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