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Balance theory

Known as: Cognitive balance 
In the psychology of motivation, balance theory is a theory of attitude change, proposed by Fritz Heider. It conceptualizes the cognitive consistency… 
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Acute mental stress assessment via short term HRV analysis in healthy adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Psychological license: When it is needed and how it functions.
Review
2009
Review
2009
The Balance Theory and the Work System Model … Twenty Years Later
This article describes the origins of the work system model and the Balance Theory, which were developed as a way of integrating… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Self-enhancement and self-protection: What they are and what they do
We define self-enhancement and self-protection as interests that individuals have in advancing one or more self-domains or… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Off-Field Behavior of Athletes and Team Identification: Using Social Identity Theory and Balance Theory to Explain Fan Reactions
In the current article, we extend the literature on fan identification and social identity theory by examining the effects of… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Partitioning signed social networks
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Updating Heider's balance theory in consumer behavior: A Jewish couple buys a German car and additional buying–consuming transformation stories
Consumer researchers describe Heider's (1958) balance theory without showing how the theory relates to recent theoretical… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Discourse and the Denial of Racism
Within the broader framework of a research programme on the reproduction of racism in discourse and communication, the present… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Two Indirect Tactics of Image Management: Basking and Blasting
The impression-management techniques of basking and blasting were examined in a pair of field studies. These techniques were… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Structural Balance, Mechanical Solidarity, and Interpersonal Relations
Balance theory, a theoretical system developed by Cartwright and Harary to formalize concepts set forth by Heider, is used with… 
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