Friendship closeness inventory: Development and psychometric evaluation

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 142-150

  Polimeni, Anne Maree ^a   Hardie, Elizabeth ^b   Buzwell, Simone ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036692319     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.1.142     Document Type: Article

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