Do birds of a feather universally flock together? Cultural variation in the similarity-attraction effect

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-258

  Heine, Steven J ^a   Foster, Julie Ann B ^a   Spina, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attraction; Culture; Relationships; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149101617     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2009.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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