Cross-sex friends who were once romantic partners: Are they platonic friends now?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-466

  Schneider, Carl S ^a   Kenny, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sex friendship; Ex romantic partners; Platonic friendship; Post dating relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034348521     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407500173007     Document Type: Article

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