Friendship across the life span: Reciprocity in individual and relationship development

Growing Together: Personal Relationships Across the Life Span

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 159-182

  Blieszner, Rosemary ^a   Roberto, Karen A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499852.007     Document Type: Chapter

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