The effects of argument explicitness on responses to advice in supportive interactions

Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 849-874

  Feng, Bo ^a   Burleson, Brant R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence of limitations; Efficacy; Facework; Feasibility; Persuasive arguments; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449083442     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650208324274     Document Type: Article

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