Message Order Effects in Persuasion: An Attitude Strength Perspective

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis P. Haugtvedt ◽  
Duane T. Wegener
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany L. Shoots-Reinhard ◽  
Kentaro Fujita ◽  
Kenneth G. DeMarree

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 709-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Wallace ◽  
Kathleen M. Patton ◽  
Andrew Luttrell ◽  
Vanessa Sawicki ◽  
Leandre R. Fabrigar ◽  
...  

Previous work has reliably demonstrated that when people experience more subjective ambivalence about an attitude object, their attitudes have less impact on strength-related outcomes such as attitude-related thinking, judging, or behaving. However, previous research has not considered whether the amount of perceived knowledge a person has about the topic might moderate these effects. Across eight studies on different topics using a variety of outcome measures, the current research demonstrates that perceived knowledge can moderate the relation between ambivalence and the impact of attitudes on related thinking, judging, and behaving. Although the typical Attitude × Ambivalence effect emerged when participants had relatively high perceived knowledge, this interaction did not emerge when participants were lower in perceived knowledge. This work provides a more nuanced view of the effects of subjective ambivalence on attitude impact and highlights the importance of understanding the combined impact of attitude strength antecedents.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aviva Philipp-Muller ◽  
Laura E. Wallace ◽  
Vanessa Sawicki ◽  
Kathleen M. Patton ◽  
Duane T. Wegener

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Bocklisch ◽  
Josef F. Krems

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