Self-other similarity judgment asymmetries reverse for people to whom you want to be similar

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-131

  White, Judith B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Selective accessibility; Self construal; Similarity judgments; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448979167     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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