Exploring Solomon's Paradox: Self-Distancing Eliminates the Self-Other Asymmetry in Wise Reasoning About Close Relationships in Younger and Older Adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1571-1580

  Grossmann, Igor ^a   Kross, Ethan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; close relationships; emotional intelligence; open data; open materials; perspective taking; psychological distance; self distance; wisdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; EGO; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EGO; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905495858     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614535400     Document Type: Article

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