Forewarned and forearmed? Two meta-analytic syntheses of forewarning of influence appeals

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-138

  Wood, Wendy ^a   Quinn, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 85047693583     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.129.1.119     Document Type: Article

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