Familiarity does indeed promote attraction in live interaction

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-570

  Reis, Harry T ^a   Maniaci, Michael R ^a   Caprariello, Peter A ^a   Eastwick, Paul W ^b   Finkel, Eli J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Familiarity; Friendship formation; Relationship development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 80052240155     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022885     Document Type: Article

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