Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills

by Greene, John O.; Burleson, Brant R.

• ISBN13: 9780805834178
• ISBN10: 0805834176
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

A comprehensive handbook covering social interaction skills & skill acquisition, in the context of personal, professional, and public stages. For scholars & students in interpersonal, group, family & health communication.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
John M. Wiemann
Preface	xiii
John O. Greene
Brant R. Burleson
Part I General Theortical and Methodological Issues
Explicating Communicative Competence As a Theoretical Term	3	(48)
Steven R. Wilson
Christina M. Sabee
Models of Adult Communication Skill Acquisition: Practice and the Course of Performance Improvement	51	(42)
John O. Greene
Methods of Interpersonal Skill Assessment	93	(42)
Brian H. Spitzberg
Methods of Social Skill Training and Development	135	(44)
Chris Segrin
Michelle Givertz
Part II Fundamental Interaction Skills
Nonverbal Communication Skills	179	(42)
Judee K. Burgoon
Aaron E. Bacue
Applying the Skills Concept to Discourse and Conversation: The Remediation of Performance Defects In Talk-in-Interaction	221	(36)
Robert E. Sanders
Message Production Skill in Social Interaction	257	(34)
Charles R. Berger
Message Reception Skills in Social Communication	291	(66)
Robert S. Wyer, Jr.
Rashmi Adaval
Impression Management: Goals, Strategies, and Skills	357	(46)
Sandra Metts
Erica Grohskopf
Part III Function-Focused Communication Skills
Informing and Explaining Skills: Theory and Research on Informative Communication	403	(36)
Katherine E. Rowan
Arguing Skill	439	(40)
Dale Hample
Persuasion As a Social Skill	479	(36)
James Price Dillard
Linda J. Marshall
Managing Interpersonal Conflict: A Model of Events Related to Strategic Choices	515	(36)
Daniel J. Canary
Emotional Support Skills	551	(44)
Brant R. Burleson
How to ``Do Things'' With Narrative: A Communication Perspective on Narrative Skill	595	(42)
Jenny Mandelbaum
Part IV Skills in Close Personal Relationships
Friendship Interaction Skills Across the Life-Span	637	(48)
Wendy Samter
Accomplishing Romantic Relationships	685	(38)
Kathryn Dindia
Lindsay Timmerman
Communication Skills in Couples: A Review and Discussion of Emerging Perspectives	723	(30)
Adrian B. Kelly
Frank D. Fincham
Steven R. H. Beach
Parenting Skills and Social--Communicative Competence in Childhood	753	(48)
Craig H. Hart
Lloyd D. Newell
Susanne Frost Olsen
Part V Skills in Public and Professional Contexts
Negotiation Skills	801	(34)
Michael E. Roloff
Linda L. Putnam
Lefki Anastasiou
Communication Skills for Group Decision Making	835	(36)
Dennis S. Gouran
Skillfully Instructing Learners: How Communicators Effectively Convey Messages	871	(38)
John A. Daly
Anita L. Vangelisti
Interpersonal Communication Skills in Health Care Contexts	909	(26)
Richard L. Street, Jr.
New Directions in Intercultural Communication Competence: The Process Model	935	(24)
Christopher Hajek
Howard Giles
Author Index	959	(46)
Subject Index	1005