Complexity of attitude structure and processes of conflict reduction.

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The manner in which 2 groups differentiated in terms of conceptual complexity of personality structure utilized available processes of conflict reduction in reaction to a counternorm message was studied. The low-complexity Ss (N=17) tended to utilize the 6 available processes of message acceptance or rejection, assimilation-contrast, and source approbation or deprecation in an internally consistent fashion significantly more often (p<.005) than the high-complexity group (N=14). Consistent with previous findings, the low-complexity Ss most often used the processes in a mutually exclusive manner. The high-complexity group, however, did not follow this trend (p<.05). Possible deficiencies of prediction in theories failing to consider these differing modes of conflict reduction were discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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