Do You Want the Good News or the Bad News First? The Nature and Consequences of News Order Preferences

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 279-288

  Legg, Angela M ^a   Sweeny, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bad news delivery; communication; giving bad news; news order; news givers; news recipients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAD NEWS DELIVERY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GIVING BAD NEWS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEWS ORDER; NEWS-GIVERS; NEWS-RECIPIENTS; PERSONALITY TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

BAD NEWS DELIVERY; COMMUNICATION; GIVING BAD NEWS; NEWS ORDER; NEWS-GIVERS; NEWS-RECIPIENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893859857     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213509113     Document Type: Article

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