Studies in Applied Interpersonal Communication

✍ Scribed by Michael T. Motley

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 337
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Studies in Applied Interpersonal Communication offers solutions for communication problems that erupt in our daily lives. By focusing on socially meaningful applied research in communication, this book offers a new direction for interpersonal communication studies. Featuring original studies that are practical and relevant, chapters provide readers with a balanced combination of rigorous research with pragmatic application. This book will generate enthusiasm among students and scholars and inspire future research that moves beyond the theoretical and toward the practical.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Introduction
PART I: Special Communication Situations
1 - Managing Unwanted Pursuit
2 - Conditions That Determine the Fate of Friendships After Unrequited Romantic Disclosures
3 - Interactive Aspects of Interpersonal Guilt: Relational Pragmatics and Consequences
4 - Behaviors That Determine the Fate of Friendships After Unrequited Romantic Disclosures
PART II: Occasional Situations
5 - Communication During Serial Arguments: Connections With Individuals' Mental and Physical Well-Being
6 - Unwanted Escalation of Sexual Intimacy: Pursuing a Miscommunication Explanation
7 - “Good” and “Bad” Advice: How to Advise More Effectively
8 - Forgiving Communication and Relational Consequences
9 - Verbal Coercion to Unwanted Sexual Intimacy: How Coercion Messages Operate
PART III: Everyday Situations
10 - What Counts as Effective Emotional Support?: Explorations of Individual and Situational Differences
11 - Understanding the Communication and Relational Dynamics of Humor
12 - Facework and Nonverbal Behavior in Social Support Interactions Within Romantic Dyads
13 - Interpersonal Emotional Competence
14 - Television Viewing and Relational Maintenance
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors