Proximity attitudes toward objects and people: Reference to a category and a self-representation?

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-250

  Worthen, James B ^b   McGlynn, Richard P ^b   Solis, Linda Y ^a   Coats, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036616557     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1423437     Document Type: Article

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