The influence of physical attractiveness on attitude confidence and resistance to change
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2020Citation
Mello, J.; Garcia-Marques, T.; Briñol, P.; Cancela, A.; Petty, R.: The influence of physical attractiveness on attitude confidence and resistance to change, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 90, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104018.
Abstract
It is well established that the physical attractiveness of the source of a message can influence recipients' attitudes
about the message proposal. The current research is the first to examine if attractiveness is also capable of
affecting attitude confidence and resistance to change. Experiment 1 revealed that an attractive source decreased
recipients' attitude confidence, even when it did not affect attitudes. Experiment 2 replicated this novel finding
and identified a critical condition un ...
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