Opposite-sex friendship: Sex differences and similarities in initiation, selection, and dissolution

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1310-1323

  Bleske Rechek, April L ^a   Buss, David M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035539147     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672012710007     Document Type: Article

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