Relational message interpretations of nonverbal matching behavior: An application of the social meaning model

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-597

  Floyd, Kory ^a   Erbert, Larry A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonverbal messages; Relational communication; Social meaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0642303573     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540309598465     Document Type: Article

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