Similarity attraction and actually selecting similar others: How cross-societal differences in relational mobility affect interpersonal similarity in Japan and the USA

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-103

  Schug, Joanna ^a   Yuki, Masaki ^a   Horikawa, Hiroki ^a   Takemura, Kosuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural difference(s); Friendship; Relational mobility; Similarity attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649109798     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2009.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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