Friendship quality and perceived relationship changes predict psychosocial adjustment in early adulthood

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-254

  Bagwell, Catherine L ^a   Bender, Sarah E ^a   Andreassi, Cristina L ^a   Kinoshita, Tracy L ^a   Montarello, Staci A ^a   Muller, Jason G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Early adulthood; Friendship; Friendship quality; Observational assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644384891     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407505050945     Document Type: Article

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