The effects of time perspective and level of construal on social distance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-402

  Stephan, Elena ^a   Liberman, Nira ^a   Trope, Yaacov ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Level of construal; Social distance; Temporal perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651475682     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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