The scale of Perceived Interpersonal Closeness (PICS)

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 286-301

  Popovic, Miodrag ^a   Milne, D ^b   Barrett, P ^c  

^a Dept Clin Psychology/Counselling ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 14644393619     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.375     Document Type: Article

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