When experience counts: The effects of experiential and structural similarity on patterns of support and interpersonal stress

Social Forces

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1573-1588

  Suitor, J Jill ^a   Pillemer, Karl ^b   Keeton, Shirley ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84937296925     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/73.4.1573     Document Type: Article

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