Extending the bases of subjective attitudinal ambivalence: Interpersonal and intrapersonal antecedents of evaluative tension

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-34

  Priester, Joseph R ^a   Petty, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MICHIGAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047684010     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.1.19     Document Type: Article

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