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Social Distance

Social Distance is a sociological construct denoting the degree of separation individuals perceive between themselves and members of different social groups, distinguished by its measurement of affective, behavioral, and cognitive barriers to interpersonal closeness.

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Construal-level theory of psychological distance.

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

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Eye-Contact, Distance and Affiliation

Michael Argyle, Janet B. Dean · Sociometry · 1965 · 1.8K citations

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Social Distance and Social Decisions

George A. Akerlof · Econometrica · 1997 · 1.5K 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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The Social Rejection of Former Mental Patients: Understanding Why Labels Matter

Bruce G. Link, Francis T. Cullen, James Frank et al. · American Journal of Sociology · 1987 · 1.3K citations

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  1. MC
    Matthias C. Angermeyer

    Leipzig University, Germany

    18 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. YT
    Yaacov Trope

    New York University, United States

    16 publications · 9.4K citations

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    Nira Liberman

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    14 publications · 9.2K citations

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  4. HM
    Herbert Matschinger

    Leipzig University, Germany

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. YC
    Yann Coello

    Université de Lille, France

    8 publications · 646 citations

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  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    24 h-index

    47 publications

    11.8K citations

  2. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    19 h-index

    29 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    2.8K citations

  4. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    16 h-index

    31 publications

    11.3K citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    16 h-index

    21 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    16 h-index

    21 publications

    3.8K citations

  7. Leipzig University

    Leipzig, Germany

    15 h-index

    42 publications

    6.3K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    15 h-index

    28 publications

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    33 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    29 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 26 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. The Journal of Social Psychology

    30 publications · 826 citations

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

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