How group discussions create strong attitudes and strong partisans

Research and Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Levendusky, Matthew S ^a   Druckman, James N ^b   McLain, Audrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude strength; Group discussion; Political psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009450820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053168016645137     Document Type: Article

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