When Does Familiarity Promote Versus Undermine Interpersonal Attraction? A Proposed Integrative Model From Erstwhile Adversaries

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-19

  Finkel, Eli J ^a   Norton, Michael I ^b   Reis, Harry T ^c   Ariely, Dan ^d   Caprariello, Peter A ^e   Eastwick, Paul W ^f   Frost, Jeana H ^g   Maniaci, Michael R ^h  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adversarial collaboration; attraction; familiarity; relationship stage model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84921535392     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691614561682     Document Type: Article

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