Handbook of Interpersonal Communication

• Author : Mark L. Knapp,John A. Daly
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 01 October 2002

The Third Edition of the Handbook of Interpersonal Communication includes eight new chapters and eleven revised from the second edition. Following an introductory chapter, the volume is organized into four parts covering perspectives on inquiry in interpersonal communication, fundamental units of interpersonal communication, processes and functions, and interpersonal contexts. Features include: · Each chapter reviews and updates research in its respective area · Part II examines methodological issues in the field · Includes articles by top scholars in the field of Interpersonal Communication

• Author : Anne Maydan Nicotera
• Publisher : SUNY Press
• Release : 01 January 1993

A concentration on communication processes is essential to sorting out fundamental problems in interpersonal relationships. This book provides a general theory of the role of communication in interpersonal relationships that is grounded in the rules perspective and focuses on self-concept and interaction as the generative mechanisms of relationship formation and growth. The authors explore the kind of information that is exchanged in the process of initiating, developing, and maintaining friend and mate relationships. Both types of relationships are explored in

• Author : Donald P. Cushman,Dudley D. Cahn
• Publisher : SUNY Press
• Release : 01 January 1985

This book discusses communication principles, processes, and skills from four different perspectives by explaining four related propositions. First, human communication is guided by socially established rules, the knowledge of which allows interacting persons to exert influence over the outcome of their interactions. Second, self concepts are formed and sustained in our interactions with others. Third, the formation of sustained interpersonal relations depends upon the attraction resulting from reciprocal self concept support. And fourth, organizations and the cultural system provide the

• Author : Owen Hargie,Christine Saunders,David Dickson
• Publisher : Psychology Press
• Release : 15 January 1994

Following the success of editions one and two, this revised, updated and extended edition of Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication will continue as the core textbook for students of interpersonal communication. The professional groups for whom these skills are most important include counsellors, psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, teachers, occupational and speech therapists, physioptherapists and industrial personnel. New chapters in the third edition include the increasingly popular area of interpersonal influence and there is a chapter on the theoretical

• Author : Leslie A. Baxter,Dawn O. Braithwaite
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 07 March 2008

Discusses major theories of interpersonal communication.

• Author : Kathryn Carter,Mick Presnell
• Publisher : SUNY Press
• Release : 01 January 1994

The authors fill two contemporary needs: (1) they provide a collection of essays that raises theoretical and methodological issues in the study of interpersonal communication relevant to all researchers in this area of study, and (2) they present a general approach to interpersonal communication that has gained wide acceptance among practitioners and educators, but has been under-represented by advanced research texts.

• Author : Michael Ruffner,Michael Burgoon
• Publisher : Harcourt School
• Release : 15 January 1981

• Author : Beth A. Le Poire,René M. Dailey
• Publisher : Peter Lang
• Release : 15 January 2021

It is an important time for scholars of communication to develop rich theory addressing critical applied interpersonal issues. Stress, substance abuse, violence, health problems, divorce, safety, and aging are but a few of the problems individuals address in their day-to-day interpersonal communication. That communication is critical to coping successfully with these challenges. Stressing the timeliness of such applied contributions, the International Communication Association instituted a regular feature in its newsletter on communication matters, and focused its most recent conference on

• Author : Owen Hargie,David Dickson
• Publisher : Psychology Press
• Release : 15 January 2021

This textbook on communication is directly relevant to a multiplicity of research areas and professions. This revised edition has been expanded to include further research as well as a new chapter on negotiating.

• Author : Joseph A. DeVito
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 July 2013

Updated in its 13th edition, Joseph Devito's The Interpersonal Communication Book provides a highly interactive presentation of the theory, research, and skills of interpersonal communication with integrated discussions of diversity, ethics, workplace issues, face-to-face and computer-mediated communication and a new focus on the concept of choice in communication. This thirteenth edition presents a comprehensive view of the theory and research in interpersonal communication and, at the same time, guides readers to improve a wide range of interpersonal skills. The text

• Author : Sandi W. Smith,Steven R. Wilson
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 15 January 2021

Following in the same tradition as two other edited collections that revolutionized interpersonal communication research (G.R. Miller′s Explorations in Interpersonal Communication and M.E. Roloff & G.R. Miller′s Interpersonal Processes) New Directions in Interpersonal Communication presents the latest research being done today and reflects the changes that have occurred in interpersonal communication research during the past 18 years. A combination of established and newer scholars, as well as ′boundary spanners′ (those who are applying interpersonal theories and concepts

• Author : Richard L. Conville,Lilian Edna Rogers
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 15 January 1998

A thorough examination of the meaning and use of the concept of "relationship" in interpersonal communication.

• Author : Mark T. Palmer,George A. Barnett
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 15 January 1998

This is the 14th volume in a series that compiles research from a wide spectrum of disciplines, offering reviews of the areas that fall within the rubrics of information and communication science, as well as providing an overview of how people use communication.

• Author : Denise Solomon,Jennifer Theiss
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 12 December 2012

Some of us may believe that interpersonal communication is a matter of common sense or that skillful communication is an innate ability that you either have or you don’t. In this text, Denise Solomon and Jennifer Theiss demonstrate that interpersonal communication skills are not just common sense; nor are they mysterious qualities that defy learning. Interpersonal Communication: Putting Theory into Practice draws on theory and research in the interpersonal communication discipline to help you identify strategies to improve your

• Author : Maria C. D. P. Lyra,Jaan Valsiner
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 15 January 1998

This volume brings together a collection of papers centred on the theme of the psychological functions that are built up by communication in the developing child.