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TL;DR
The study confirmed four core antecedents (personal, inter-personal, perceptual, cultural distance) and recommended revisions including adding faculty and students to inter-personal factors and nutrition to cultural distance.
Frontiers in Psychology · 3 authors, 2 centres
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The study confirmed four core antecedents (personal, inter-personal, perceptual, cultural distance) and recommended revisions including adding faculty and students to inter-personal factors and nutrition to cultural distance.
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