Interpersonal Liking From Bivariate Attitude Similarity

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-221

  Ullrich, Johannes ^a   Krueger, Joachim I ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambivalence; attitude similarity; bivariate evaluative space; cognitive balance; indifference; interpersonal relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875496950     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610368315     Document Type: Article

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