The function of holiday greetings in maintaining relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 577-593

  Dindia, Kathryn ^a   Timmerman, Lindsay ^a   Langan, Emily ^b   Sahlstein, Erin M ^c   Quandt, Jill ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Eastern University

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holiday greetings; Relational maintenance; Relational maintenance strategies; Routine maintenance behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444242096     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504045888     Document Type: Article

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