Interpersonal Communication In Friend And Mate Relationships

Author : Anne Maydan Nicotera
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993-03-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781438414690

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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 numerous cultural settings—including America and American subcultures as well as Korea, Nigeria, Japan, and China. The inclusion of Nigerian culture is particularly significant because the research literature in interpersonal communication is lacking any information from the continent of Africa. Implications are then considered for communication exchange across three categories of interpersonal communication—culture, conflict, and quality.

Author : Anne Maydan Nicotera
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0791413519

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Interpersonal Communication in Friend and Mate Relationships by Anne Maydan Nicotera Pdf

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 numerous cultural settings--including America and American subcultures as well as Korea, Nigeria, Japan, and China. The inclusion of Nigerian culture is particularly significant because the research literature in interpersonal communication is lacking any information from the continent of Africa. Implications are then considered for communication exchange across three categories of interpersonal communication--culture, conflict, and quality.

Author : Anne Maydan Nicotera
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 079143544X

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The Mate Relationship by Anne Maydan Nicotera Pdf

Provides research applications of a rules theory of mate relationships to several American cultures and two non-American cultures.

Author : Donald P. Cushman,Dudley D. Cahn
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1985-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438400228

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Communication in Interpersonal Relationships by Donald P. Cushman,Dudley D. Cahn Pdf

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 parameters within which self concepts and interpersonal relations are formed. The implications of these propositions are examined in chapters two through ten. The authors develop their system in terms of results. What patterns of communication—what patterns of signal exchange—increase the probability of the development of affective relationship? What patterns erode interpersonal systems or prevent them from forming? The book also examines patterns of communication within task-oriented organizations and in situations involving cultural differences.

Author : Pamela J. Kalbfleisch
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135443177

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Interpersonal Communication by Pamela J. Kalbfleisch Pdf

Interpersonal relationships are the core of our societal system and have been since before the dawn of civilization. In today's world, friends, lovers, companions, and confidants make valuable contributions to our everyday lives. These are the relationships whose members are not automatically participants as a result of their birth and kin affiliations. The focus is on these relationships that must be forged from the sometimes indifferent, and sometimes hostile world. Yet, there is still much that is not known about how these relationships evolve, how partners communicate in on-going relationships, how people keep their relationships together, and how they cope when they fall apart. Primary to the focus of this book is the underlying theme of evolving interpersonal relationships from the initial encounter to the mature alliance. The contributors to this volume provide a contemporary perspective for the study of interpersonal relationships. Fresh areas of scholarly inquiry are presented and existing approaches are re-examined. Research in the introductory chapters breaks new ground, and appraises the ultimate question of what impact initial interactions have on further relational development. The mid-section of the volume concerns communication issues that confront the members of a relationship in process, focusing on how conflict and jealousy are communicated to a relational partner. This research considers relational development as well as obstacles and barriers to evolving relationships. The concluding chapters probe the question: Ultimately do all good things have to come to an end? Employing innovative techniques to examine maturing and disengaging relationships, the research presented here focuses on how interpersonal relationships become committed and mature.

Author : Donald P. Cushman,Branislav Kova?i?
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791425975

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Watershed Research Traditions in Human Communication Theory by Donald P. Cushman,Branislav Kova?i? Pdf

Focuses on and presents watershed research traditions in human communication (interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication).

Author : Mark L. Knapp,Anita L. Vangelisti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Interpersonal communication
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073237970

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Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships by Mark L. Knapp,Anita L. Vangelisti Pdf

Author : Fred L. Casmir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136694899

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Building Communication Theories by Fred L. Casmir Pdf

Concern with various matters related to humans as they communicate has led to an increase in both research and theorizing during the second half of the 20th century. As a matter of fact, so many scholars and so many disciplines have become involved in this process that it is virtually impossible to understand and appreciate all that has been accomplished so far. This book focuses on one important aspect of human sense-making -- theory building -- and strives to clarify the thesis that theories do not develop in some sort of social, intellectual, or cultural vacuum. They are necessarily the products of specific times, insights, and mindsets. Theories dealing with the process of communication, or communicating, are tied to socio-cultural value systems and historic factors that influence individuals in ways often inadequately understood by those who use them. The process-orientation of this book inevitably leads to an emphasis on the perceptions of human beings. Thus, the focus shifts from the subject or area called "communication" to the act of communicating. Finally, this volume offers insight into how the process of human sense-making has evolved in those academic fields commonly identified as communication, rhetoric, speech communication or speech, within specific socio-cultural settings.

Author : Pamela J. Kalbfleisch
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0205269702

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Interpersonal Communication by Pamela J. Kalbfleisch Pdf

Author : Donald P. Cushman,Dudley D. Cahn
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0873959094

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Communication in Interpersonal Relationships by Donald P. Cushman,Dudley D. Cahn Pdf

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 parameters within which self concepts and interpersonal relations are formed. The implications of these propositions are examined in chapters two through ten. The authors develop their system in terms of results. What patterns of communication--what patterns of signal exchange--increase the probability of the development of affective relationship? What patterns erode interpersonal systems or prevent them from forming? The book also examines patterns of communication within task-oriented organizations and in situations involving cultural differences.

Author : William B. Gudykunst,Stella Ting-Toomey,Tsukasa Nishida
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996-08-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0803946724

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Communication in Personal Relationships Across Cultures by William B. Gudykunst,Stella Ting-Toomey,Tsukasa Nishida Pdf

Communication in Personal Relationships Across Cultures examines the communication practices of non-Western cultures. The international cast of contributors assembled here leaves behind the biases typical of most research and theorizing done in this area of communication and enables the reader to develop a thorough understanding of how people communicate in non-Western societies. Chapters focus on communication practices in China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Iran, Africa, and totalitarian societies. Through both emic and etic approaches, this groundbreaking volume explores how members of a culture understand their own communication, and compares the similarities and differences of specific aspects of communication across cultures. --From publisher's description.

Author : Dudley D. Cahn
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1987-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 088706454X

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Letting Go by Dudley D. Cahn Pdf

While many books in the popular press deal with relationships, Letting Go is among the first to draw upon scholarly research to offer a theoretical perspective with practical implications. Cahn examines interpersonal relationship disengagement and reengagement by tapping the resources of social science literature. The result is a model for communication which seeks to achieve and maintain interpersonal understanding, while promoting communication behaviors that encourage growth of the individual and relationship satisfaction. The author’s integrated approach combines three models of relationship development; namely, quality communication, recognition and availability of more desirable alternatives, and degree of personal investments. He also surveys the literature on friendship, mateship, supervisor and subordinate relationships, and teacher-student relationships, and demonstrates that a quality communication environment, as measured by the Perceived Understanding Instrument, is crucial for understanding relationship disengagement and reengagement.

Author : Barbara Caine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317545606

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Friendship by Barbara Caine Pdf

There has been an increasing interest in the meaning and importance of friendship in recent years, particularly in the West. However, the history of friendship, and the ways in which it has changed over time, have rarely been examined. Friendship: A History traces the development of friendship in Europe from the Hellenistic period to today. The book brings together a range of essays that examine the language of friendship and its significance in terms of ethics, social institutions, religious organizations and political alliances. The essays study the works of classical and contemporary authors to explore the role of friendship in Western philosophy. Ranging from renaissance friendships to Christian and secular friendships and from women’s writing to the role of class and sex in friendships, Friendship: A History will be invaluable to students and scholars of social history.

Author : Beverley Fehr
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780803945616

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Friendship Processes by Beverley Fehr Pdf

"In this marvelous book, Beverly Fehr presents a comprehensive and richly detailed examination of what scholars have learned about the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of friendships. . . . Overall, a model of careful scholarship, clear writing, and good sense. For anyone studying friendships, there is no better place to start. This is perhaps the best book of its kind." --Choice Friends are an integral part of our lives--they sometimes replace family relationships and often form the basis for romantic relationships. Friendship Processes, new in the Sage Series on Close Relationships, examines exactly how friends give meaning to our lives and why we rely so heavily on them. Broad in its coverage, the book is process oriented and research based with each phase of the friendship process documented by empirical research. The result is a conceptual framework that illuminates the fascinating components of how we make friends, how we become close, how we maintain friends, and how friendships deteriorate and dissolve. Author Beverley Fehr equips the reader with valuable knowledge about the formations and continuations of the intriguing personal relationship called friendship. Friendship Processes also illustrates well the fact that, as a field of study, close relationships is maturing rapidly. Promising to be the definitive study of the subject for many years to come, this book will be of particular interest to professionals, academics, and students of social psychology, sociology, communication, family studies, and social work as well as any interested reader who is anxious to deepen his or her understanding and appreciation of a very engaging topic.

Author : David A. Cichocki
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781581120127

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Maintaining Stable Friendships by David A. Cichocki Pdf

Other investigators have surmised that different types of relationships use diverse maintenance strategies in order to keep the relationship in existence. This study examines relational maintenance strategies that people use specifically in the relationship known as friendship. Five adult friendship couples were interviewed for maintenance strategies they use to sustain their friendship. The discussions were recorded and transcribed. The Constant Comparison method was used to compare and contrast the data in order to discover strategies unique to friendships. Results revealed seven strategies including Openness; Approach to Conflict; Identification; Admiration; Togetherness; and Sense of Continuance. These friendship strategies are uniquely utilized, and therefore distinctive, to the relationship. This may be due to the way people are socialized in our society.