Thinking close: Measuring relational closeness as perceived self-other inclusion

Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 103-115

  Agnew, Christopher R ^a   Loving, Timothy J ^b   Le, Benjamin ^c   Goodfriend, Wind ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

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