Breaking the ice: How physical warmth shapes social comparison consequences

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1025-1028

  Steinmetz, Janina ^a   Mussweiler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Similarity; Social comparison; Warmth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959497304     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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