Bad news transmission as a function of the definitiveness of consequences and the relationship between communicator and recipient

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 449-461

  Weenig, Mieneke W H ^a   Groenenboom, Arieneke C W J ^a   Wilke, Henk A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0035290238     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.3.449     Document Type: Article

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