Getting to know the "other": The characteristics and developmental significance of other-sex relationships in adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-418

  Sippola, Lorrie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 0033169268     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021660823003     Document Type: Article

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