Construal level theory and spatial distance implications for mental representation, judgment, and behavior

Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-173

  Henderson, Marlone D ^a   Wakslak, Cheryl J ^b   Fujita, Kentaro ^c   Rohrbach, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Construal level; Psychological distance; Spatial distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960209629     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000060     Document Type: Article

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