Gender and friendship: Why are men's best same-sex friendships less intimate and supportive?

Personal Relationships

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-78

  Bank, Barbara J ^a   Hansford, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0034374848     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2000.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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