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Individual Differences in the Credibility and Attitude Change Relationship

Timothy G. Plax, +1 more
- 01 Jun 1980 - 
- Vol. 111, Iss: 1, pp 79-89
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In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between credibility and attitude change and found that change in individuals following a message attributed to a high credibility communicator was characterized by a combination of variables related to a subjectively yielding receiver orientation.
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Summary To isolate important receiver individual differences which could be incorporated into the relationship between credibility and attitude change, 223 male and female university students completed selected psychological examinations and were assigned into three groups. One group heard a message from a high credibility communicator; a second heard a message from a low credibility communicator; and another served as a control. Attitude change was measured with pre- and posttest questionnaires. Analysis indicated that change in individuals following a message attributed to a high credibility communicator was characterized by a combination of variables related to a subjectively yielding receiver orientation, and that change following a message attributed to a low credibility communicator was characterized by a more objective but alterable receiver orientation.

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