When does playing hard to get increase romantic attraction?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 521-526

  Dai, Xianchi ^a   Dong, Ping ^b   Jia, Jayson S ^c  

^a Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Hard to get; Motivational and affective evaluation; Romantic attraction; Wanting and liking

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897564431     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032989     Document Type: Article

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