The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication

by Mark L. Knapp

• ISBN13: 9781412974745
• ISBN10: 1412974747
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-26
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

What is interpersonal communication? Is it limited to interaction between two people? Does it only involve personal relationships? Does it go beyond face-to-face interactions? Can it take place in a variety of contexts, such as the workplace, a health practitioner s office, or online? This fully revised Fourth Edition of The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication addresses these and other fundamental yet pivotal questions, offering graduate students and faculty interested in the study of interpersonal communication an important, state-of-the-art reference work. Providing a complete course of study, the Handbook includes the following units: Basic Issues and Approaches; Perspectives on Inquiry; Fundamental Units; Processes and Functions; and Contexts. Chapter authors explore key issues in the field, such as verbal and nonverbal behavior, the importance of self-reporting data, methods for studying context, and the role that social cognition plays in interpersonal transactions. The volume covers a wide range of established and emerging topics including: Research Methods in Interpersonal CommunicationSocial Networks and RelationshipsInterpersonal ConflictIntercultural Perpsectives on Interpersonal CommunicationInterpersonal Communication and HealthcareWith 8 new and 13 fully revised chapters The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication, Fourth Edition delivers a clear, comprehensive, and thought-provoking overview of the field of interpersonal communication. Editors Mark Knapp and John Daly have amassed a critical contribution to the field and a fundamental volume for students and scholars of interpersonal communication.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Basic Issues and Approaches
Background and Current Trends in the Study of Interpersonal Communication	p. 3
Perspectives on Inquiry
Quantitative Social Science Methods of Inquiry	p. 25
Qualitative Methods in Interpersonal Communication	p. 59
Biological and Physiological Perspectives on Interpersonal Communication	p. 87
Fundamental Units
Personality and Interpersonal Communication	p. 131
Knowledge Structures and Social Interaction	p. 169
Language and Interpersonal Communication	p. 201
Nonverbal Signals	p. 239
PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONS
Emotion Experience and Expression: Current Trends and Future Directions in Interpersonal Relationship Research	p. 283
Supportive Communication	p. 317
Social Networks and the Life of Relationships	p. 355
Interpersonal Influence	p. 389
Interpersonal Conflict: Recent Trends	p. 423
Theories of Computer-Mediated Communication and Interpersonal Relations	p. 443
Interpersonal Skills	p. 481
Contexts
nterpersonal Communication in the Workplace	p. 527
Intercultural Perspectives on Interpersonal Communication	p. 563
Interpersonal Processes in Romantic Relationships	p. 597
Interpersonal Communication and Health Care	p. 633
Interpersonal Communication in Family Relationships	p. 679
Interpersonal Communication Across the Life Span	p. 715
Author	p. 733
Subject Index	p. 771
About the Editors	p. 781
About the Contributors	p. 783
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