Residential mobility increases motivation to expand social network: But why?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-223

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Kesebir, Selin ^b   Miao, Felicity F ^a   Talhelm, Thomas ^a   Endo, Yumi ^c   Uchida, Yukiko ^d   Shibanai, Yasufumi ^e   Norasakkunkit, Vinai ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Residential mobility; Social network; Social relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870819052     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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