Supportive Social Relationships Attenuate the Appeal of Choice

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1186-1192

  Ybarra, Oscar ^a   Lee, David Seungjae ^a   Gonzalez, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; problem solving; relationship quality; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867628173     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612440458     Document Type: Article

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