The interactive role of subjective attitudinal ambivalence, knowledge, and certainty for attitude stability: The case of driving electric vehicles

IF 2.3 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology Pub Date : 2021-02-10 DOI:10.1002/jts5.89

Franziska Drescher, Rene Ziegler

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Research has investigated how each of numerous indicators of attitude strength separately affect an attitude's stability, resistance to persuasion, and utility in predicting behavior. More recent studies, however, have revealed interactive effects of attitude certainty and objective ambivalence. High (vs. low) certainty strengthened an attitude low in objective ambivalence (e.g., higher resistance to persuasion and attitude stability) but weakened an attitude high in objective ambivalence (e.g., lower resistance and stability). Extending these findings, we show that attitude certainty also moderates the effect of an attitude high or low in subjective ambivalence on attitude stability. Moreover, we generalize an interaction perspective on indicators of attitude strength by showing that attitude knowledge also interacts with ambivalence and certainty regarding attitude stability. Findings are discussed in regard to the interplay of different strength indicators more generally.

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主观态度矛盾、知识和确定性对态度稳定性的互动作用：以驾驶电动汽车为例

研究已经调查了许多态度强度指标中的每一个如何分别影响态度的稳定性、说服力和预测行为的效用。然而，最近的研究揭示了态度确定性和客观矛盾心理的交互作用。高（与低）确定性增强了客观矛盾心理较低的态度（例如，对说服的抵抗力和态度稳定性较高），但削弱了客观矛盾情绪较高的态度（如，抵抗力和稳定性较低）。扩展这些发现，我们发现态度确定性也会调节主观矛盾心理中态度高低对态度稳定性的影响。此外，我们通过表明态度知识也与态度稳定性的矛盾心理和确定性相互作用，概括了态度强度指标的互动视角。对不同强度指标之间的相互作用进行了更广泛的讨论。

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