Support between siblings and between friends: Two worlds apart?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1271-1282

  Voorpostel, Marieke ^a   Van Der Lippe, Tanja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult siblings; Dyadic data; Friendship; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048930406     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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