Intimacy Expectations in Same-Sex Friendships: A Prototype Interaction-Pattern Model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-284

  Fehr, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 1342282622     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.86.2.265     Document Type: Review

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