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Communication Quarterly Volume 29, 1981 - Issue 3
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A research note on supportive and defensive communication: An empirical study of three verbal interpersonal communication variables

Steven Winer Assistant professor in the Department of Communication, North Dakota State University, Fargo
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Randall E. Majors Assistant professor in the Department of Speech and Performing Arts, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
Pages 166-172 | Published online: 21 May 2009

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