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Research note

Attitude similarity and interpersonal attraction during early communicative relationships: A research note on the generalizability of findings to opposite‐sex relationships

Michael Sunnafrank Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, University of California, Davis, 95616
Pages 73-80 | Published online: 06 Jun 2009

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Susan Sprecher. (2014) Effects of Actual (Manipulated) and Perceived Similarity on Liking in Get-acquainted Interactions: The Role of Communication. Communication Monographs 81:1, pages 4-27.
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MaryM. Gill. (1994) Accent and stereotypes: Their effect on perceptions of teachers and lecture comprehension. Journal of Applied Communication Research 22:4, pages 348-361.
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Michael Sunnafrank. (1992) On debunking the attitude similarity myth. Communication Monographs 59:2, pages 164-179.
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WilliamB. Gudykunst, LoriL. Sodetani & KevinT. Sonoda. (1987) Uncertainty reduction in Japanese‐American/Caucasian relationships in Hawaii. Western Journal of Speech Communication 51:3, pages 256-278.
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RobertA. Bell, SherylW. Tremblay & NancyL. Buerkel‐Rothfuss. (1987) Interpersonal attraction as a communication accomplishment: Development of a measure of affinity‐seeking competence. Western Journal of Speech Communication 51:1, pages 1-18.
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Michael Sunnafrank. (1986) Communicative influences on perceived similarity and attraction: An expansion of the interpersonal goals perspective. Western Journal of Speech Communication 50:2, pages 158-170.
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Susan Sprecher. (2021) The role of expectations for liking and other positive Affiliative outcomes in the get-acquainted process that occurs over Computer-mediated video communication. Current Psychology 42:2, pages 1044-1057.
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Natasha D. Tidwell, Paul W. Eastwick & Eli J. Finkel. (2012) Perceived, not actual, similarity predicts initial attraction in a live romantic context: Evidence from the speed‐dating paradigm. Personal Relationships 20:2, pages 199-215.
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R. Matthew Montoya & Robert S. Horton. (2012) A meta-analytic investigation of the processes underlying the similarity-attraction effect. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 30:1, pages 64-94.
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R. Matthew MontoyaRobert S. Horton & Jeffrey Kirchner. (2008) Is actual similarity necessary for attraction? A meta-analysis of actual and perceived similarity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 25:6, pages 889-922.
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Lisa Collins Tidwell & Joseph B. Walther. (2002) Computer-Mediated Communication Effects on Disclosure, Impressions, and Interpersonal Evaluations: Getting to Know One Another a Bit at a Time. Human Communication Research 28:3, pages 317-348.
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Michael G. Garko. (2016) Persuading Subordinates Who Communicate in Attractive and Unattractive Styles. Management Communication Quarterly 5:3, pages 289-315.
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WILLIAM B. GUDYKUNST & MITCHELL R. HAMMER. (1988) The Influence of Social Identity and Intimacy of Interethnic Relationships on Uncertainty Reduction Processes. Human Communication Research 14:4, pages 569-601.
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MICHAEL SUNNAFRANK. (1986) Predicted Outcome Value During Initial Interactions A Reformulation of Uncertainty Reduction Theory. Human Communication Research 13:1, pages 3-33.
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