Friends or lovers? Person- and variable-oriented perspectives on dyadic similarity in adolescent romantic relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 711-733

  Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^a   Burk, William J ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; dyadic similarity; person oriented; romantic relationships; variable oriented

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882937917     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407512467562     Document Type: Review

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