Researchers Vangelisti and Crumley found that, in general, harsh messages that invoke pain, such as "I don't love you anymore," have less of a negative impact than an accusation or comment about someone's abilities. True or false?

The answer is false

Explanation:

Researchers Vangelisti and Crumley found that, in general, harsh messages that invoke pain, such as "I don't love you anymore," have more of a negative impact than an accusation or comment about someone's abilities, this is false because a indirect strategy of break up have a less negative impact in a relationship due to inconsiderate and manipulative actions by the partner, the partner can also send hint that they want to break up or starting to give excuses or complaints about your partner just to break up.

false

Explanation:

Researchers Vangelisti and Crumley made experimental investigations on participants' relationships and how messages hurt their feelings. One of their findings was that hurtful messages from family members tends to cause greater feelings of hurt than from those from other people, regardless of closeness, similarity or contact. It was also found that messages from romantic partners had greater effects on participants relationships than those from family members(not hurtful).