The process of relationship development and deterioration: Turning points in friendships that have terminated

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-67

  Johnson, Amy Janan ^a   Wittenberg, Elaine ^b   Haigh, Michel ^b   Wigley, Shelley ^b   Becker, Jennifer ^b   Brown, Ken ^b   Craig, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Department of Communication ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Friendships; Relationship dissolution; Turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547309291     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370409370178     Document Type: Article

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