Psychological discrepancy in message-induced belief change
Empirical evidence regarding four competing models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12012005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luling Huang (0000-0003-0139-1771, Temple University, corresponding author), Edward L Fink (0000-0001-6387-5574, Temple University), Deborah A Cai (0000-0002-7759-2628, Temple University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-259 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Monographs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-7751 • E-ISSN: 1479-5787 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03637751.2021.1973051 |
| OpenAlex | W3204194359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 48 |
Message discrepancy is the difference between the position of an advocated belief in a message and the position of a message receiver’s initial belief, and psychological discrepancy is how the message’s discrepancy is perceived by the receiver. The present study tested Fink et al.’s [(1983). Positional discrepancy, psychological discrepancy, and attitude change: Experimental tests of some mathematical models. Communication Monographs, 50(4), 413–430] psychological discrepancy model plus three other models to determine whether psychological discrepancy affects the weight of a message, the scale value of the message, neither, or both. These models were tested in an experiment that manipulated psychological discrepancy with a 3 (high vs. moderate vs. low message scale value) × 3 (wide vs. moderate vs. narrow perspective) between-subjects design (N = 448). The original Fink et al. model was the most supported. The results help explain how psychological processes bring about belief change
Cognitive psychology · Construal level theory · Perspective (graphical · Scale (ratio · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Computer Science · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
Magnitude Scaling
Effects of concomitant verbal recall on order effects in personality impression formation
G*Power 3
The reliability of a two-item scale
TurkPrime.com
The Effects of Negativity and Motivated Information Processing During a Political Campaign
Congeneric and (Essentially) Tau-Equivalent Estimates of Score Reliability
Testing Equivalence in Communication Research
The FAQs on Data Transformation
Sequential Information Integration and Belief Trajectories
The Effect of Perspective Differences on the Measurement of Involving Attitudes
Disentangling the Effects of Discrepant and Disconfirming Information
Thought confidence as a determinant of persuasion
Attention and weight in person perception
Integration theory applied to opinion attribution
Idiosyncratic weighting of trait information in impression formation
Perspective as a determinant of attitude change
Communication discrepancy and intent to persuade as determinants of counterargument production
The Comparative Statics and Dynamics of Beliefs
A dynamic model of the effect of discrepant information on unidimensional attitude change
A model of attitude change in groups following a persuasive communication
Positional discrepancy, psychological discrepancy, and attitude change
Width of the latitude of acceptance as a determinant of attitude change
Effects of need for cognition on message evaluation, recall, and persuasion
Effect of stimulus inconsistency and discounting instructions in personality impression formation
Communicator discrepancy, source credibility, and opinion change
Involvement, discrepancy, and change
Communicator credibility and communication discrepancy as determinants of opinion change
Multimodel Inference
A Communication Researchers' Guide to Null Hypothesis Significance Testing and Alternatives
Inertia in Cognitive Processes
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |