%0 Journal Article
%T You¡¯re like me and I like you: Mediators of the similarity¨Cliking link assessed before and after a getting
%A Adam J. Hampton
%A Amanda N. Fisher Boyd
%A Susan Sprecher
%J Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
%@ 1460-3608
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0265407518790411
%X Several mediators of the similarity¨Cliking link were examined in a laboratory study that involved previously unacquainted individuals interacting to become acquainted and that also included a preinteraction manipulation of bogus similarity. In addition to replicating the robust finding of a positive association between similarity and liking in both a bogus stranger paradigm and a social interaction paradigm, we tested the roles of five potential mediators of the similarity¨Cliking association: consensual validation, cognitive evaluation, certainty of being liked, fun and enjoyment, and self-expansion opportunity. The results indicated certainty of being liked to be the strongest mediator prior to a live interaction and fun and enjoyment to be the strongest mediator postinteraction. Consensual validation was also found to be a strong mediator postinteraction
%K Attraction
%K liking
%K mediation
%K similarity
%K social interaction
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0265407518790411