Distinguishing children who form new best-friendships from those who do not

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 707-725

  Bowker, Julie C ^a   Fredstrom, Bridget K ^b   Rubin, Kenneth H ^b   Rose Krasnor, Linda ^c   Booth LaForce, Cathryn ^d   Laursen, Brett ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Best friends; children; friendship; middle school transition; peers; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956802473     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510373259     Document Type: Article

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