A Multilevel Analysis of Rumor Transmission: Effects of Anxiety and Belief in Two Field Experiments

作者: Mark V. Pezzo , Jason W. Beckstead

DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2801_8

关键词: Variance (accounting)GossipAnxietyPsychologySocial psychologyDevelopmental psychologyRumorSudden deathMultilevel modelContrast (statistics)Situational ethics

摘要: … Our focus in this article is on the two remaining factors predicting rumor transmission: anxiety experienced by the individual hearing the rumor and belief in the rumor, sometimes …

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