Behavior expectations in cross-sex friendships, same-sex friendships, and romantic relationships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-596

  Fuhrman, Robert W ^a   Flannagan, Dorothy ^a   Matamoros, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 71949104825     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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