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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

    Sinead Cronin

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    Todd K. Shackelford

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    Ashton C. Southard

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Cronin, S. (2018). Interpersonal Reactivity Index. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1234-1

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