The Role of Thinking in the Comforting Process: An Empirical Test of a Dual-Process Framework

Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 533-558

  Bodie, Graham D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

information processing; listening; message reception; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879397811     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211427030     Document Type: Article

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