Teacher self-disclosure: Amount, relevance, and negativity

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-341

  Cayanus, Jacob L ^a   Martin, Matthew M ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective Learning; Clarity; Motivation; Self Disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058807155     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370802241492     Document Type: Article

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