When similars do not attract: Tests of a prediction from the self-expansion model

Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-396

  Aron, Arthur ^a   Steele, Jodie L ^a   Kashdan, Todd B ^b   Perez, Max ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33845778872     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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