Sex differences in communication with close friends: Testing Tannen's claims

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 537-544

  Oxley, Nicole L ^b   Dzindolet, Mary T ^a   Miller, Jessica L ^b  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036780972     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.2.537     Document Type: Article

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