To err is human: Embarrassment, attachment, and communication apprehension

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-110

  Withers, Lesley A ^a   Vernon, Laura L ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Communication apprehension; Embarrassment; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244482373     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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