Interpersonal Communication

by Mark L Knapp

• ISBN13: 9781848601659
• ISBN10: 1848601654
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-12
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Interpersonal communication is inexorable, irrevocable, complex, and relative but ultimately necessary. Understanding this type of communication gives us a framework for successful and effective interaction with others in everyday situations. In this multivolume reference collection, subject specialists Mark L. Knapp and John A .Daly, explore the dimensions, dynamics, and implications of interpersonal communication. 

Table of Contents

Introduction, History & Communicator Characteristics

Introduction

Editors' Introduction

History

Interpersonal Communication: Theoretical perspectives, future prospects

Personality

Personality and Interpersonal Communication

Conversational Involvement and Loneliness

Validity of the PRCA as an Index of Oral Communication Apprehension

Affirming and Nonaffirming Style, Dyad Sex, and the Perception of Argumentation and Verbal Aggression in an Interpersonal Dispute

Developing and Testing Rational Models of Message Design

Communication Apprehension as Temperamental Expression: A communibiology paradigm

Big Five Personality Traits and Relationship Quality: Self-reported, observational, and physiological evidence

Attachment theory: A communication perspective

Cognition

A Cognitive Approach to Human Communication: An action assembly theory

Conversational Memory: The effects of recall mode and memory expectancies on remembrances of natural conversations

Communication Failure and Plan Adaptation: If at first you don't succeed, say it louder and slower

Attribution Theory and Research: Review and implications for communication

The Negativity Effect and its Implications for Initial Interaction

Processes & Messages

Processes

The Exchange of Nonverbal Intimacy: A critical review of dyadic models

The Chameleon Effect as Social Glue: Evidence for the evolutionary significance of nonconscious mimicry

Speech Accommodation Theory: The first decade and beyond

Interpersonal Expectancy Effects: The first 345 studies

Interaction Appearance Theory: Changing perceptions of physical attractiveness through social interaction

Accuracy in Interpersonal Perception: A social-relations analysis

Interpersonal Processes Involving Impression Regulation and Management

The Construct of Intent in Interpersonal Communication

Dialectical Contradictions in Relationship Development

Messages

Toward a Multidimensional Approach to the Study of Self-disclosure

Nonverbal Behavior and Self-presentation

Emotions are Social

Communication Paradoxes and the Maintenance of Living Relationships with the Dying

Truths, Lies, and Equivocations: The effects of conflicting goals on discourse

Excuses: Their effective role in the negotiation of reality

"Memorable" messages

Computer-mediated Communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction

Compliments: A descriptive taxonomy

Forming and Maintaining Relationships

Development and Maintenance of Relationships

Perceptions of Communication Behavior Associated with Relationship Terms

Turning Points in Developing Romantic Relationships

Maintenance Strategies and Romantic Relationship Type, Gender and Relational Characteristics

Attraction and Initial Interaction

The Measurement of Interpersonal Attraction

An Overview (and Underview) of Research and Theory within the Attraction Paradigm

Some Explorations in Initial Interaction and Beyond: Toward a developmental theory of interpersonal communication

Small Talk: Social functions

The Affinity-seeking Function of Communication

Commitment and Comfort

The Normative Context of Advice as Social Support

The Production of Comforting Messages: Social-cognitive foundations

Recipient's Criteria for Evaluating the Skillfulness of Comforting Communication and the Outcomes of Comforting Interactions

Exit, Voice, Loyalty, and Neglect: Responses to dissatisfaction in romantic involvements

Conflict

Coding Verbal Conflict Tactics: Nonverbal and perceptual correlates of the "avoidance-distributative-integrative" distinction

Facework Competence in Intercultural Conflict: An updated face-negotiation theory

The Creation of Defensiveness in Social Interaction

Marital Interaction: Physiological linkage and affective exchange

When Words Hurt: The effects of perceived intentionality on interpersonal relationships

Family Secrets: Forms, functions, and correlates

Persuasion and Competence

Persuasion

Harnessing the Science of Persuasion

Theories of Persuasion

A Meta-analysis of Fear Appeals: Implications for effective public health campaigns

The Empirical Study of the Persuasive Effects of Evidence: The status after 50 years of research

Domineeringness and Dominance: A transactional view

The Theory of Reasoned Action and Self-construal: Evidence from three cultures

The Persuasiveness of Source Credibility: A critical review of five decades' evidence

Compliance-gaining Message Strategies: A typology and some findings concerning the effects of situational differences

Competence

Communication Competence as Knowledge, Skill, and Impression

Explication and Test of a Model of Communicative Competence

Methods of Social Skills Training and Development

Family Communication Standards: What counts as excellent family communication and how are such standards associated with family satisfaction?

Assessment of Basic Social Skills

Thin Slices of Expressive Behavior as Predictors of Interpersonal Consequences: A meta-analysis

Dimensions of Intercultural Effectiveness: Culture specific or culture general?

Issues in the Development of a Theory of Interpersonal Competence in the Intercultural Context

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