Social Approach and Avoidance Motivations

The Handbook of Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 202-223

  Nikitin, Jana ^a   Schoch, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

approach; avoidance; life span development; social motivation

Indexed keywords

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