Examining the maintenance of friendships: Are there differences between geographically close and long‐distance friends?

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 424-435

  Johnson, Amy Janan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Long distance relationships; Maintenance; Relational closeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049110529     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370109385639     Document Type: Article

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