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Chapter 16Cognitive Dissonance


For an intriguing application of cognitive dissonance theory to HIV/AIDS prevention, see Richard M. Perloff, Persuading People to Have Safer Sex: Applications of Social Science to the AIDS Crisis, Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ, 2001, pp. 82-83. 

 

Theoretical considerations

Amanda S. Hinojosa, William L. Gardner, H. Jack Walker, Claudia Cogliser, and Daniel Gullifor, “A Review of Cognitive Dissonance Theory in Management Research: Opportunities for Further Development,” Journal of Management, Vol. 43, 2017, pp. 170-199.

Kevin T. Mahoney, “Equity Theory at 50,” TIP: The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, Vol. 51, 2013, pp. 158-161.

April McGrath, “Dealing with Dissonance: A Review of Cognitive Dissonance Reduction,” Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Vol. 11, 2017, published online only.

Shasha Teng, Kok Wei Khong, and Wei Wei Goh, “Persuasive Communication: A Study of Major Attitude-Behavior Theories in a Social Media Context,” Journal of Internet Commerce, 14, 2015, pp. 42-64.

David C. Vaidis and Alexandre Bran. “Respectable Challenges to Respectable Theory: Cognitive Dissonance Theory Requires Conceptualization Clarification and Operational Tools,” Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10, 2019, NP.

 

Applied research using cognitive dissonance:

Cassandra Alexopoulos, “Justify My Love: Cognitive Dissonance Reduction among Perpetrators of Online and Offline Infidelity,” Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, Vol. 38 (12), 2021, pp. 3669–91.

Anthony Comer and Laura Jacobi. “Navigating Evangelical Political Identity in the Era of Donald Trump,” American Journal of Qualitative Research, Vol. 5 (1), 2021, pp.163–84.

Joel Cooper and Lauren A. Feldman. “Helping the ‘Couch Potato’: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach to Increasing Exercise in the Elderly,” Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 50 (1), 2020, pp. 33–40.

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick and Simon M. Lavis, “Selecting Serious or Satirical, Supporting or Stirring News? Selective Exposure to Partisan versus Mockery News Online Videos,” Journal of Communication, Vol. 67, 2017, pp. 54-81.

David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, “Cognitive Dissonance in Groups: The Consequences of Disagreement,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 88, 2005, pp. 22-37.

Blake M. McKimmie, “Cognitive Dissonance in Groups,” Social & Personality Psychology Compass, Vol. 9, 2015, pp. 202-212.

Mark Ward Sr., “Cognition, Culture, and Charity: Sociolinguistics and 'Donor Dissonance’ in a Baptist Denomination,” Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 26, 2015, pp. 574-603.

 

Ethical Considerations

Joshua D. Foster and Tiffany A. Misra. “It Did Not Mean Anything (about Me): Cognitive Dissonance Theory and the Cognitive and Affective Consequences of Romantic Infidelity,” Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, Vol. 30 (7), 2013, pp. 835–57.

Zhi Xing Xu, Hing Keung Ma, Yue Wang, and Jian Li, “Maybe I Am Not as Moral as I Thought: Calibrating Moral Identity After Immoral Action,” Current Psychology, 2018 (published online before print).



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Chapter 16Cognitive Dissonance


For an intriguing application of cognitive dissonance theory to HIV/AIDS prevention, see Richard M. Perloff, Persuading People to Have Safer Sex: Applications of Social Science to the AIDS Crisis, Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ, 2001, pp. 82-83. 

 

Theoretical considerations

Amanda S. Hinojosa, William L. Gardner, H. Jack Walker, Claudia Cogliser, and Daniel Gullifor, “A Review of Cognitive Dissonance Theory in Management Research: Opportunities for Further Development,” Journal of Management, Vol. 43, 2017, pp. 170-199.

Kevin T. Mahoney, “Equity Theory at 50,” TIP: The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, Vol. 51, 2013, pp. 158-161.

April McGrath, “Dealing with Dissonance: A Review of Cognitive Dissonance Reduction,” Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Vol. 11, 2017, published online only.

Shasha Teng, Kok Wei Khong, and Wei Wei Goh, “Persuasive Communication: A Study of Major Attitude-Behavior Theories in a Social Media Context,” Journal of Internet Commerce, 14, 2015, pp. 42-64.

David C. Vaidis and Alexandre Bran. “Respectable Challenges to Respectable Theory: Cognitive Dissonance Theory Requires Conceptualization Clarification and Operational Tools,” Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10, 2019, NP.

 

Applied research using cognitive dissonance:

Cassandra Alexopoulos, “Justify My Love: Cognitive Dissonance Reduction among Perpetrators of Online and Offline Infidelity,” Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, Vol. 38 (12), 2021, pp. 3669–91.

Anthony Comer and Laura Jacobi. “Navigating Evangelical Political Identity in the Era of Donald Trump,” American Journal of Qualitative Research, Vol. 5 (1), 2021, pp.163–84.

Joel Cooper and Lauren A. Feldman. “Helping the ‘Couch Potato’: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach to Increasing Exercise in the Elderly,” Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 50 (1), 2020, pp. 33–40.

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick and Simon M. Lavis, “Selecting Serious or Satirical, Supporting or Stirring News? Selective Exposure to Partisan versus Mockery News Online Videos,” Journal of Communication, Vol. 67, 2017, pp. 54-81.

David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, “Cognitive Dissonance in Groups: The Consequences of Disagreement,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 88, 2005, pp. 22-37.

Blake M. McKimmie, “Cognitive Dissonance in Groups,” Social & Personality Psychology Compass, Vol. 9, 2015, pp. 202-212.

Mark Ward Sr., “Cognition, Culture, and Charity: Sociolinguistics and 'Donor Dissonance’ in a Baptist Denomination,” Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 26, 2015, pp. 574-603.

 

Ethical Considerations

Joshua D. Foster and Tiffany A. Misra. “It Did Not Mean Anything (about Me): Cognitive Dissonance Theory and the Cognitive and Affective Consequences of Romantic Infidelity,” Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, Vol. 30 (7), 2013, pp. 835–57.

Zhi Xing Xu, Hing Keung Ma, Yue Wang, and Jian Li, “Maybe I Am Not as Moral as I Thought: Calibrating Moral Identity After Immoral Action,” Current Psychology, 2018 (published online before print).



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