Residential mobility breeds familiarity-seeking

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-162

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Miao, Felicity F ^a   Koo, Minkyung ^b   Kisling, Jason ^c   Ratliff, Kate A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culture; Familiarity; Mere exposure effect; Residential mobility; Social ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855318419     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024949     Document Type: Article

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