Social Rejection Biases Estimates of Interpersonal Distance

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-167

  Knowles, Megan L ^a   Green, Allison ^a   Weidel, Alicia ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

belonging regulation; egocentric distance; judgmental bias; social rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888079333     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613491972     Document Type: Article

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