Relational maintenance in cross-sex friendships characterized by different types of romantic intent: An exploratory study

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-358

  Guerrero, Laura K ^a   Chavez, Alana M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bioindustry and Downtown Projects   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross Sex Friendships; Maintenance Behavior; Opposite Sex Friendships; Relational Maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944484927     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310500305471     Document Type: Article

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