A longitudinal assessment of trait argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness between seventh and eighth grades

Communication Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-119

  Rancer, Andrew S ^a   Avtgis, Theodore A ^b   Kosberg, Roberta L ^c   Whitecap, Valerie Goff ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CURRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Fort Couch Middle School   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Argumentativeness; Training; Trait development; Verbal aggressiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034420073     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520009379197     Document Type: Article

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