Trust and respect as mediators of the other- and self-profitable trait effects on interpersonal attraction

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1021-1038

  Singh, Ramadhar ^a   Simonsy, Joseph J P ^a   Young, Dawn Patricia C Y ^a   Sim, Berwine S X ^a   Chai, Xiau Ting ^a   Singh, Smita ^a   Chiou, Siao Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 73049101404     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.605     Document Type: Article

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