How do we decide whom our friends are? defining levels of friendship in Poland and the United States

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-163

  Rybak, Anna ^a   Mcandrew, Francis T ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Friendship; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646520868     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.146.2.147-163     Document Type: Article

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