Effects of Communication Goals and Expectancies on Language Abstraction

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 682-696

  Douglas, Karen M ^a   Sutton, Robbie M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037997352     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.682     Document Type: Review

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