Social ecology of similarity: Big schools, small schools and social relationships

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-131

  Bahns, Angela J ^a   Pickett, Kate M ^b   Crandall, Christian S ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude similarity; interpersonal relationships; social ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855391365     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211410751     Document Type: Article

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