Nice or smart? Task relevance of self-characteristics moderates interpersonal projection

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 335-340

  Toma, Claudia ^a   Yzerbyt, Vincent ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Competence; Cooperation; Interpersonal projection; Trait relevance; Warmth

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655168763     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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