Feeling torn and fearing rue: Attitude ambivalence and anticipated regret as antecedents of biased information seeking

@article{Itzchakov2018FeelingTA,
  title={Feeling torn and fearing rue: Attitude ambivalence and anticipated regret as antecedents of biased information seeking},
  author={Guy Itzchakov and Frenk van Harreveld},
  journal={Journal of Experimental Social Psychology},
  year={2018},
  volume={75},
  pages={19-26}
}
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