Forecasting "friends forever": A longitudinal investigation of sustained closeness between best friends

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-350

  Ledbetter, Andrew M ^a,d   Griffin, Em ^b   Sparks, Glenn G ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 34547321809     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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