@article{ref1,
title="Motivated reflection on attitude-inconsistent information: An exploration of the role of fear of invalidity in self-persuasion",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2013",
author="Clarkson, Joshua J. and Valente, Matthew J. and Leone, Christopher and Tormala, Zakary L.",
volume="39",
number="12",
pages="1559-1570",
abstract="The mere thought effect is defined in part by the tendency of self-reflective thought to heighten the generation of and reflection on attitude-consistent thoughts. By focusing on individuals' fears of invalidity, we explored the possibility that the mere opportunity for thought sometimes motivates reflection on attitude-inconsistent thoughts. Across three experiments, dispositional and situational fear of invalidity was shown to heighten reflection on attitude-inconsistent thoughts. This heightened reflection, in turn, interacted with individuals' thought confidence to determine whether attitude-inconsistent thoughts were assimilated or refuted and consequently whether individuals' attitudes and behavioral intentions depolarized or polarized following a sufficient opportunity for thought, respectively. These findings emphasize the impact of motivational influences on thought reflection and generation, the importance of thought confidence in the assimilation and refutation of self-generated thought, and the dynamic means by which the mere thought bias can impact self-persuasion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167213497983",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167213497983"
}