Don't You Know How Much I Need You? Consequences of Miscommunication Vary by Self-Esteem

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-142

  Cameron, Jessica J ^a   Robinson, Kelley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

miscommunication; self esteem; signal amplification bias; social support; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875493995     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609358114     Document Type: Article

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