When Felix tells Alex that he doesn't want to be friends anymore because, "I just don't like

the way you behave around other people," the strategy for terminating their friendship, according
to Baxter, is a(n)

A) indirect strategy of withdrawal.
B) direct strategy of negative identity management.
C) direct strategy of justification.
D) indirect strategy of de-escalation.


B

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