Boys' and girls' motivations for refraining from prompting friends to talk about problems

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Rose, Amanda J ^a   Swenson, Lance P ^a   Robert, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendships; Gender; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149149509     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408098460     Document Type: Article

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