“If you hit me again, I'll hit you back:” Conflict management strategies of individuals experiencing aggression during conflicts

Communication Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-285

  Olson, Loreen N ^a   Braithwaite, Dawn O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict management; interpersonal aggression; nonverbal conflict tactics; verbal conflict tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016314488     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970409388619     Document Type: Article

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