Maintenance Behavior and Relationship Quality as Predictors of Perceived Availability of Resources in Newly Formed College Friendship Networks

Communication Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-440

  McEwan, Bree ^a   Guerrero, Laura K ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First year College Students; Friendship; Relational Maintenance; Relationship Quality; Resources; Social Network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865022862     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2011.639433     Document Type: Article

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