Context and companionship in children's short-term versus long-term friendships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1060-1074

  Troutman, David R ^a   Fletcher, Anne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

children; companionship; context; friendship; parental influence; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649778541     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510381253     Document Type: Article

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