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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: Making Bad News Bivalent

Tanya StiversDepartment of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stefan TimmermansDepartment of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-2893View further author information
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Pages 404-418 | Published online: 13 Nov 2017

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