Shyness, loneliness, and attitude toward celebrities

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Ashe, Diane D ^a,c,d   McCutcheon, Lynn E ^b,e  

^a Valencia Community College   (United States)

^b DeVry Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Florida State ^*  (United States)

^e DeVry Inst Technol's Orlando Camp   (United States)

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