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Attitude Polarization

Attitude Polarization is a psychological phenomenon in which individuals' attitudes become increasingly divergent and more extreme in opposing directions following exposure to conflicting information or social influence within a public discourse context.

190

Publications

21.8K

Citations

412

Authors

211

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

80

Variants

Opinion Polarization

Parents

Publications

190

Biased assimilation and attitude polarization: The effects of prior theories on subsequently considered evidence.

Charles G. Lord, Lee Ross, Mark R. Lepper · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1979 · 4.4K citations

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Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized?

Paul DiMaggio, John H. Evans, Bethany Bryson · American Journal of Sociology · 1996 · 1.2K citations

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Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic

Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway et al. · Journal of Public Economics · 2020 · 1K citations · Full text

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The “Black Sheep Effect”: Extremity of judgments towards ingroup members as a function of group identification

José M. Marques, Vincent Yzerbyt, Jacques‐Philippe Leyens · European Journal of Social Psychology · 1988 · 877 citations

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On the ambivalence-indifference problem in attitude theory and measurement: A suggested modification of the semantic differential technique.

Kalman J. Kaplan · Psychological Bulletin · 1972 · 808 citations

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Authors

412

  1. MW
    Magdalena Wojcieszak

    University of California, Davis, United States

    6 publications · 409 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. SC
    Shelly Chaiken

    New York University, United States

    4 publications · 336 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. AT
    Abraham Tesser

    University of Georgia, United States

    4 publications · 375 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. CG
    Charles G. Lord

    Texas Christian University, United States

    3 publications · 5.1K citations

    3

    h-index

  5. NK
    Namkje Koudenburg

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

211

  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    518 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    8K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    689 citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    489 citations

  6. American University

    Washington, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    658 citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    993 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    22 publications · 6.6K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 8 publications · 1.2K citations

    8

    h-index

  3. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 5 publications · 570 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. Journal of Communication

    4 publications · 368 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Political Psychology

    4 publications · 191 citations

    4

    h-index

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