Affect as Information in Persuasion: A Model of Affect Identification and Discounting

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 453-469

  Albarracín, Dolores ^a,b   Tarcan Kumkale, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047691796     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.3.453     Document Type: Article

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