Teasing among college men and women

Communication Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-172

  Beck, Stephenson ^a   Clabaugh, Sarah Elizabeth ^a   Clark, Ruth Anne ^a   Kosovski, Megan Connelly ^a   Daar, Rivka ^a   Hefner, Veronica ^a   Kmetz, Tracy ^a   McDaniel, Shelia ^a   Miller, Laura ^a   Moriarty, Cortney ^a   Qian, Zhilong ^a   Raja, Siddhartha ^a   Ramey, Mary ^a   Suri, Ratnadeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Flirting; Gender Differences; Relationships; Sex Differences; Social Interaction; Teasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649086911     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970701341105     Document Type: Article

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