Communicating love: Comparisons between American and East Asian university students

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-214

  Kline, Susan L ^a   Horton, Brian ^b   Zhang, Shuangyue ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication competence; Cross cultural; Intercultural communication; Love

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449100319     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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