Getting off to a bad start: The relationship between communication during an initial episode of a serial argument and argument frequency

Communication Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-306

  Reznik, Rachel M ^a   Roloff, Michael E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument frequency; Communication patterns; Initial argumentative episode; Serial arguing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959270585     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2011.555491     Document Type: Article

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