Recipients' criteria for evaluating the skillfulness of comforting communication and the outcomes of comforting interactions

Communication Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-313

  Bippus, Amy M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comforting interactions; Comforting messages; Criteria for comforting messages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040440432     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750128064     Document Type: Article

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