Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1973 · 83 citations · 12 references
Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyGenderIntergroup RelationsSocial PerceptionGender NormsGender RelationsGender StereotypesInterpersonal AttractionMate ChoiceMating StrategiesMating PreferencesSame-sex AttractionSex Differences In MatingSex-role OrientationSex-role TheorySexual AttractionSimilarity-attraction HypothesisSimilarity-attraction Theory
Proposed that attraction between members of the same sex is based on similarity, but that attraction between members of the opposite sex is based on complementarity of sex-role attitudes. After completion of a sex-role attitude scale (the Masculine-Feminine Preferences Test) and the Marlowe-Crowne S
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Behavior Therapy · 1972 · 4.1K citations
The prediction of interpersonal attraction.
Theodore M. Newcomb · American Psychologist · 1956 · 663 citations