Binds and bounds of communion: Effects of interpersonal values on assumed similarity of self and others

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 879-897

  Locke, Kenneth D ^a   Craig, Traci ^a   Baik, Kyoung Deok ^a,b   Gohil, Krutika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumed similarity; Communion; False consensus; Interpersonal values

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; QIFANG WEITONG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874485733     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029422     Document Type: Article

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