Initial encounters of young men and women: Impressions and disclosure estimates

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 699-709

  Clark, Ruth Anne ^a,b   Dockum, Michael ^b   Hazeu, Heidi ^a   Huang, Meikuan ^a   Luo, Nan ^b   Ramsey, Jason ^c   Spyrou, Angel ^d  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

^b Eastern High School ^*  (United States)

^c Eastern High School   (United States)

^d National Full Service Public Relations Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sex encounters; Gender roles; Impression formation; Initial interactions; Self disclosure; Social attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843149210     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000027571.75455.e1     Document Type: Article

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