Brief encounters ending in estrangement: Motivated language use and interpersonal rapport in the question-answer paradigm

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1047-1060

  Rubini, Monica ^a   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031133774     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.5.1047     Document Type: Article

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