Gender Rules: Same- and Cross-Gender Friendships Norms

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 518-529

  Felmlee, Diane ^a   Sweet, Elizabeth ^b   Sinclair, H Colleen ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross gender friendship; Friendship; Friendship expectations; Gender differences; Norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858337131     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0109-z     Document Type: Article

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