Meanings for closeness and intimacy in friendship

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-107

  Parks, Malcolm R ^a   Floyd, Kory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Closeness; Friendship; Intimacy; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306175     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407596131005     Document Type: Article

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