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Preface | p. xi |
Human Communication in Developing Relationships | p. 1 |
Communication: The Lifeblood of Relationships | p. 2 |
Relationship Messages | p. 4 |
Five Important Misconceptions About Communication in Relationships | p. 8 |
How Communication Changes as Our Relationships Develop | p. 14 |
Dimensions of Communication: Patterns and Variations | p. 20 |
Summary | p. 24 |
Selected Readings | p. 25 |
Notes | p. 28 |
Stages of Coming Together and Coming Apart | p. 30 |
Types of Relationships | p. 31 |
A Model of Interaction Stages in Relationships | p. 33 |
Interaction Stages | p. 37 |
Movement: In, Out, and Around Stages | p. 47 |
Summary | p. 59 |
Selected Reading | p. 60 |
Notes | p. 64 |
Factors Affecting Human Communication Behavior in Relationships | p. 69 |
The Nature of the Communicators | p. 70 |
The Influence of Interpersonal Needs | p. 71 |
The Role of Interpersonal Needs | p. 76 |
Analyzing Our Own Needs and Those of Others | p. 79 |
Interpersonal Needs Across the Lifespan | p. 80 |
Interpersonal Needs of Females and Males | p. 89 |
Summary | p. 94 |
Selected Readings | p. 95 |
Notes | p. 98 |
The Communication Environment: Cultural and Physical | p. 103 |
The Influence of the Cultural Environment | p. 105 |
The Influence of the Immediate Physical Environment or Setting | p. 120 |
Summary | p. 128 |
Selected Readings | p. 130 |
Notes | p. 132 |
Interaction Patterns for Coming Together | p. 137 |
The Genesis of Dialogue | p. 138 |
Getting Together | p. 139 |
Sizing Up the Other Person | p. 143 |
The Many Faces of Attraction | p. 156 |
Summary | p. 166 |
Selected Readings | p. 167 |
Notes | p. 169 |
Interaction Rituals | p. 175 |
Communication Rules | p. 176 |
The Rhetoric of Hello | p. 183 |
Forms of Address | p. 188 |
Relationship "Openers" | p. 191 |
Small(?) Talk | p. 197 |
Summary | p. 205 |
Selected Readings | p. 206 |
Notes | p. 208 |
The Foundations of Intimate Dialogue | p. 213 |
Types of Love | p. 215 |
Liking Versus Loving | p. 222 |
Intimacy and Close Relationships | p. 227 |
Foundations of Intimacy | p. 229 |
Summary | p. 243 |
Selected Readings | p. 244 |
Notes | p. 246 |
Interaction Patterns and the Maintenance of Relationships | p. 251 |
Maintaining Relationships Through Dialogue: Disclosures, Lies, and Fights | p. 252 |
Relationship Maintenance | p. 253 |
Self-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Trust | p. 254 |
Lying | p. 263 |
Constructive Conflict | p. 271 |
Summary | p. 281 |
Selected Readings | p. 282 |
Notes | p. 286 |
Maintaining Relationships Through Dialogue: Commitment and Intimacy | p. 294 |
Commitment and Commitment Talk | p. 295 |
Personal Idioms | p. 305 |
Giving Compliments and Gifts | p. 308 |
Giving Comfort and Advice | p. 310 |
Persuasion | p. 313 |
Sex Talk | p. 316 |
Intimate Play | p. 319 |
Intimacy Without Words | p. 320 |
Summary | p. 325 |
Selected Readings | p. 327 |
Notes | p. 330 |
Interaction Patterns for Coming Apart | p. 335 |
Communication and the Process of Relationship Disengagement | p. 336 |
Terminating Relationships | p. 337 |
Communication During Relationship Decay: Return of the Stranger | p. 351 |
Summary | p. 361 |
Selected Readings | p. 362 |
Notes | p. 364 |
The Dialogue of Distance and De-escalation | p. 369 |
Some Potentially Destructive Patterns of Communication: An Interpersonal Chamber of Horrors | p. 371 |
Summary | p. 394 |
Selected Readings | p. 395 |
Notes | p. 398 |
Toward More Effective Communication in Relationships | p. 401 |
Evaluating and Developing Effective Communication in Relationships | p. 402 |
The Relativity of Effective Communication | p. 405 |
Perceptions of Effective Communication | p. 413 |
Rx for Effective Communication | p. 415 |
Becoming an Effective Communicator | p. 422 |
Writing Your Own Story | p. 425 |
Communicating Effectively Together | p. 427 |
Summary | p. 429 |
Selected Readings | p. 430 |
Notes | p. 432 |
Author Index | p. 436 |
Subject Index | p. 446 |
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