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Psychological Distance

Psychological Distance is a theoretical construct in social psychology that refers to the subjective separation between the self and an object, event, or individual along dimensions of time, space, social distance, or hypotheticality, which influences the level of mental abstraction with which the object is construed.

613

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1.7K

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823

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2017–2026

282

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Publications

613

Construal-level theory of psychological distance.

Yaacov Trope, Nira Liberman · Psychological Review · 2010 · 6.3K citations

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Construal Levels and Psychological Distance: Effects on Representation, Prediction, Evaluation, and Behavior

Yaacov Trope, Nira Liberman, Cheryl Wakslak · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 2007 · 1.7K citations

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The Psychological Distance of Climate Change

Alexa Spence, Wouter Poortinga, Nick Pidgeon · Risk Analysis · 2011 · 1.4K citations

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Building Sense of Community at a Distance

Alfred P. Rovai · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning · 2002 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Linguistic Markers of Psychological Change Surrounding September 11, 2001

Michael Cohn, Matthias R. Mehl, James W. Pennebaker · Psychological Science · 2004 · 817 citations

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Authors

1.7K

  1. YT
    Yaacov Trope

    New York University, United States

    26 publications · 12.8K citations

    22

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  2. NL
    Nira Liberman

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    22 publications · 11.5K citations

    17

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  3. CW
    Cheryl Wakslak

    University of Southern California, United States

    8 publications · 2.6K citations

    8

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  4. AP
    A. Peter McGraw

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

    8

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  5. SJ
    Sam J. Maglio

    University of Toronto, Canada

    7 publications · 412 citations

    7

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Institutions

823

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    27 h-index

    57 publications

    20.6K citations

  2. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    19 h-index

    32 publications

    12.8K citations

  3. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    3K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    15 publications · 2.8K citations

    15

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 15 publications · 1.2K citations

    15

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  3. Psychological Science

    13 publications · 4.2K citations

    13

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  4. Journal of Experimental Psychology General

    12 publications · 2.4K citations

    12

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    12 publications · 467 citations

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