Positive feelings in friendship: Does imbalance in the relationship matter?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-116

  Mendelson, Morton J ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Equality; Equity; Friendship; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037276474     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503020001190     Document Type: Article

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