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Richard E. Petty

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1976
Social and Intergroup PsychologyCultural Differences and ValuesBehavioral Health and InterventionsMedia Influence and HealthConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

Publications

690

Citations

105,011

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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Richard E. Petty studies how people form and change attitudes (evaluations of people, products, or ideas) and how persuasion works, including how factors like personal certainty, mental effort ('elaboration'), and metacognition (thinking about one's own thoughts) shape whether attitudes are strong and resistant to change. His recent work applies these ideas to practical issues such as correcting misinformation, personalized persuasion strategies, consumer behavior, and racial attitudes. This research is largely theoretical and experimental, aimed at understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying belief and behavior change.

Attitude formation and changePersuasion and elaboration processesMetacognition and attitude certaintyMisinformation correctionConsumer and social psychology applications

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade, with a peak around 2018-2020, some decline through 2022-2024, and a partial rebound in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.6/year recently
2017: 9 publications172018: 21 publications182019: 20 publications192020: 23 publications23202021: 20 publications212022: 14 publications222023: 17 publications232024: 11 publications242025: 17 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology×18
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin×11
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology×7
  • European Journal of Social Psychology×6
  • British Journal of Social Psychology×4
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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