Cross-Category Friendships and Postformal Thought among College Students

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 208-214

  Galupo, M Paz ^a   Cartwright, Kelly B ^b   Savage, Lanya S ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult cognition; Cross category friendship; Friendship; Postformal thought

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049379529     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-009-9089-4     Document Type: Article

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