TY - JOUR
T1 - Social vigilantism and reported use of strategies to resist persuasion
AU - Saucier, Donald A.
AU - Webster, Russell J.
AU - Hoffman, Bethany H.
AU - Strain, Megan L.
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - We assessed the unique contribution of social vigilantism (SV; the tendency to impress and propagate one's "superior" beliefs onto others to correct others' more "ignorant" opinions) in predicting participants' reported use of strategies to resist persuasion. Consistent with hypotheses, SV was uniquely and positively associated with reported use of several resistance strategies (including counterarguing, impressing views, social validation, negative affect, and source derogation) in response to challenges above and beyond the effects of argumentativeness, attitude strength, and topic (in Study 1, the issue was abortion; in Study 2, the war in Iraq or the constitutional rights of pornographers). These studies indicate that social vigilantism is an important individual difference variable in the process of attitude resistance.
AB - We assessed the unique contribution of social vigilantism (SV; the tendency to impress and propagate one's "superior" beliefs onto others to correct others' more "ignorant" opinions) in predicting participants' reported use of strategies to resist persuasion. Consistent with hypotheses, SV was uniquely and positively associated with reported use of several resistance strategies (including counterarguing, impressing views, social validation, negative affect, and source derogation) in response to challenges above and beyond the effects of argumentativeness, attitude strength, and topic (in Study 1, the issue was abortion; in Study 2, the war in Iraq or the constitutional rights of pornographers). These studies indicate that social vigilantism is an important individual difference variable in the process of attitude resistance.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.031
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.031
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84904467615
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 70
SP - 120
EP - 125
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -