You are my best friend: Commitment and stability in adolescents' same-sex friendships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-603

  Branje, Susan J T ^a   Frijns, Tom ^b   Finkenauer, Catrin ^b   Engels, Rutger ^c   Meeus, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 36349025214     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2007.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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