Rewards and costs in adolescent other-sex friendships: Comparisons to same-sex friendships and romantic relationships

Social Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-287

  Hand, Laura Shaffer ^a   Furman, Wyndol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Other sex friendships; Romantic relationships; Same sex friendships; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249094510     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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