Don't Stand So Close to Me: The Effects of Self-Construal on Interpersonal Closeness

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-242

  Holland, Rob W ^a   Roeder, Ute Regina ^b   Van Baaren, Rick B ^a   Brandt, Aafje C ^a   Hannover, Bettina ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ATTITUDE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2042469430     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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