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For Me or for Them: How In-Group Identification and Beliefs Influence the Comprehension of Controversial Texts
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Maier, Johanna; Richter, Tobias; Nauroth, Peter; Gollwitzer, Mario – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
This study investigated the impact of readers' prior beliefs and level of in-group identification on the comprehension of controversial texts. Psychology students from a university that is known for its specialisation on psychoanalysis in clinical psychology read two controversial texts on the issue of whether cognitive behavioural therapy or…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Student Attitudes, Identification, Psychology