Success attributions and more: Multidimensional extensions of the sexual attribution bias to failure attributions, social emotions, and the desire for social interaction

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1627-1638

  Agthe, Maria ^a   Spörrle, Matthias ^a   Försterling, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attribution; Bias; Emotion; Evolutionary psychology; Sex differences; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COURTSHIP; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COURTSHIP; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249108031     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208324446     Document Type: Article

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