Interpersonal Attraction and Relationships
Annual Review of PsychologyPublished 1 January 1978
T L Huston, George Levinger
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This review focuses on interpersonal attraction and informal affective relationships between adults and naturalistic settings, which were the locus for Moreno's (222) early ventures into sociometry, and Festinger, Schachter & Back's (2) naturalistic sets.
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