The Multidimensional Model: Teaching students to self-manage high communication apprehension by self-selecting treatments

Communication Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-81

  Dwyer, Karen Kangas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic speech course; Communication apprehension; Multidimensional model; Multimodal therapy; Speech anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034405276     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520009379194     Document Type: Article

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