Comment on a proposed two-stage theory of relationship formation: First, repulsion; then, attraction.

The repulsion hypothesis: On the nondevelopment of relationships.

Milton E. Rosenbaum · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1986 · 428 citations

Intimate Relationship, Social Behavior, Social Psychology +6

The attraction hypothesis: Do similar attitudes affect anything?

Donn Byrne, Gerald L. Clore, George Smeaton · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1986 · 320 citations

Attraction Hypothesis, Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Decision Making +10

The effects of physical attractiveness, sex, and attitude similarity on interpersonal attraction¹

Donn Byrne, Oliver London, Keith Reeves · Journal of Personality · 1968 · 290 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Social Behavior, Social Psychology +8

Racial prejudice, interpersonal attraction, and assumed dissimilarity of attitudes.

Donn Byrne, Terry J. Wong · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1962 · 242 citations

Social Identity, Unconscious Bias, Social Psychology +11

Information integration theory and reinforcement theory as approaches to interpersonal attraction.

Martin F. Kaplan, Norman H. Anderson · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1973 · 104 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Interpersonal Attraction, Interpersonal Communication +14