Freshmen engagement through communication: Predicting friendship formation strategies and perceived availability of network resources from communication skills

Communication Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-463

  McEwan, Bree ^a   Guerrero, Laura K ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skill; Friendship; Friendship formation; Interpersonal resources; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960485065     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2010.493762     Document Type: Article

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