Relational uncertainty and message processing in marriage

Communication Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-180

  Knobloch, Leanne K ^a   Miller, Laura E ^b   Bond, Bradley J ^b   Mannone, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b 244 Lincoln Hall ^*

Author keywords

Conversation; Marriage; Message processing; Relational uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547393971     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750701390069     Document Type: Article

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