A little similarity goes a long way: the effects of peripheral but self-revealing similarities on improving and sustaining interracial relationships.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  2014-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0036556PMID 24956315PMCID PMC5556689
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