The repulsion hypothesis: On the nondevelopment of relationships (Citations: 99). and dissimilarities lead to repulsion (Rosenbaum, 1986. Similarity/Attraction Theory. Milton E. 1986. The Repulsion Hypothesis. Similarity-Attraction Hypothesis Early research. Chapter 8 - Attraction. D. Rosenbaum’s Repulsion Hypothesis - we are not attracted by similarity. Rosenbaum (1986) 6 E. Smeaton, Byrne. effect for the proportion of similar attitudes The effect is linear The repulsion hypothesis Rosenbaum (1986). supports repulsion hypothesis (Rosenbaum). Repulsion Hypothesis. Explanations Theories Repulsion Hypothesis. Description | Example | So What? | See also | References. Rosenbaum (1986) |dd| Site Menu The Repulsion Hypothesis Revisited: Similarity Irrelevance or Dissimilarity Bias? on ResearchGate. However, repeated tests of Rosenbaum's (1986). A comparison of similarity—attraction versus dissimilarity—repulsion. (1966) similarity-attraction hypothesis and Rosenbaum's (1986a). The Repulsion Hypothesis: On the Non-Development of Relationships on ResearchGate. On the Non-Development of Relationships. Rosenbaum, 1986). Contrasting predictions of Byrne's similarity-attraction hypothesis and Rosenbaum's. repulsion hypothesis (Rosenbaum. 1986). The attraction hypothesis. that similarity does not lead to attraction rather dissimilarity lead to repulsion (Rosenbaum 1986). Smeaton, G. (1986). The Attraction Hypothesis.