Fear of Intimacy Scale: Validation and extension with adolescents

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 507-521

  Sherman, Michelle D ^a   Thelen, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Friendship; Intimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305939     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407596134002     Document Type: Article

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