The perceived acceptance scale: Development and validation

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-21

  Brock, Douglas M ^a,b   Sarason, Irwin G ^a   Sanghvi, Hari ^a   Gurung, Regan A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Relationships; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032330023     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598151001     Document Type: Article

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