Communicative aggression: Toward a more interactional view of psychological abuse

The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 297-326

  Dailey, René M ^a   Lee, Carmen M ^b   Spitzberg, Brian H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936849     Document Type: Chapter

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