Putting the person into person-centered and immediate emotional support: Emotional change and perceived helper competence as outcomes of comforting in helping situations

Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 338-360

  Jones, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective improvement; Competence; Emotional support; Nonverbal immediacy; Person centeredness

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542565815     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650204263436     Document Type: Article

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