Attitudes, personal evaluations, cognitive evaluation and interpersonal attraction: On the direct, indirect and reverse-causal effects

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-42

  Singh, Ramadhar ^a   Ho, Li Jen ^a   Tan, Hui Lynn ^a   Bell, Paul A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33947632346     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466606X104417     Document Type: Article

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