Are emotional intelligence and contagion moderators of the association between students' perceptions of instructors' nonverbal immediacy cues and students' affect?

Communication Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-38

  Wang, Tiffany R ^a   Schrodt, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional Contagion; Emotional Intelligence; Instructional Communication; Nonverbal Immediacy; Student Affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950987849     PISSN: 08934215     EISSN: 17451043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08934211003598775     Document Type: Article

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