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The more useful, the more close: Instrumental deliberation boosts closeness with non-close others - Jingyan Wang, Hong Zhang, Ruoyin Cui, 2024

Three studies examined whether contemplating the usefulness that non-close and close others may provide for one’s personal goals would promote or hinder interpe...