Increasing compliance with a request: Two touches are more effective than one

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-92

  Vaidis, David C F ^a   Halimi Falkowicz, Séverine G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b University of Provence

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TOUCH;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 54849426886     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.1.88-92     Document Type: Article

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