Dissertations / Theses: 'Interpersonal communication'

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Waugh, Charles H. "Proverbs a study in interpersonal communication /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Maguire, Katheryn Coveley. "Communication and communal coping in long-distance romantic relationships." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3034936.

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Bales, Lynn. "The Concept of "Communication Skills" in the Discipline of Speech Communication." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4221.

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This investigation explored the dialectic of communication competence from an historical prospective and successfully identified seven common threads in competence theory. Communication skills and skills classifications were linked to competency issues. A content analysis of the 452 page leading national skills level communication text identified 185 skills behaviors along with their associated communication competencies. Skills were described in twelve categories; however, no consistent definition or treatment of communication skills was in evidence. Implications of the findings were discussed.

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Fode, Elke. "Interpersonal communication and relational maintenance in the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Ongyod, Anthony. "Popular music and communication in interpersonal relationships." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7114.

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This research investigates how people use popular music, particularly wedding songs, to communicate. Participants were gathered at a bridal expo who either "Have a Wedding Song" or have "Witnessed a Wedding Song". Results indicate that people do indeed communicate using music. Interpersonal partners have a wedding song because a wedding song is symbolic, tradition, expresses feelings, important, and romantic. Couples chose a particular song for their wedding because the appointed song expresses the couple's feelings, has sentimental value, is representative of the relationship, has meaningful lyrics, and sounds good. The most important messages communicated in a song were: "I love you", "I want to be with you", and "I want everyone to know how I feel". The most important emotions were: "Love", "Warmth", and "Happiness". Finally, wedding partners generally communicate to their partner or to both their partner and the audience. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
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Allen, Bruce W. (Bruce Wayne) 1958. "Interpersonal Perception and Communication within Marital Dyads." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278953/.

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The present study examined the relationships among similarity, interpersonal perception and communicative behaviors in marriage. It was hypothesized that greater understanding, feelings of being understood, and realization of understanding would be associated with greater self-disclosure, use of more direct person control strategies, and use of less attention control strategies. It was further hypothesized that measuring feelings of being understood and realization of understanding, in addition to measuring understanding, would improve prediction of behavior. Finally, it was hypothesized that the contextual measure of understanding would better predict self-disclosure and interpersonal control than would global measures of understanding.

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Tolston, Michael T. "Movement constraints on interpersonal coordination and communication." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1353155491.

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Hayes, James Dwight. "Lazy User Theory and Interpersonal Communication Networks." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1336150484.

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Bonenberger, Nikole R. "Paradoxical Communication in Office Space." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/BonenbergerNR2007.pdf.

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Wilson, John K. (John Kenneth). "Toward a Critique of the Message Construct in Communication." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500253/.

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The idea of an inherent structure of meaning in human communication is identified as the message construct. Traces of the construct in textbook models of the basic communication process and in popular magazine images of communication are examined. The argument is raised that objectifying the message has resulted in a paradigm which focuses disproportionately on explicit, representational, and instrumental aspects of communication. An alternative conception is proposed which would take into account implicit, constitutive, and generative aspects.

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al-Attibi, Abdulrahman Abdullah. "Interpersonal communication competence and media consumption and needs among young adults in Saudi Arabia /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487268021747648.

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Whicker, Leanne, and n/a. "Interpersonal Communication and Appraisal : The Application of Cognitive Appraisal Theory to Difficult Communication at Work." Griffith University. School of Applied Psychology, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030808.150552.

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The program of research reported here was concerned with what makes difficult face-to-face communication in work settings difficult. A framework for analysing this problem was developed by bringing together the disparate literatures of communications theory and cognitive appraisal theory. The framework identified the outcome of an instance of face-to-face communication at work as a function of features of the situation, the appraisal that the worker makes in the situation, and the response strategies selected for dealing with the situation. The research program was directed to operationalising these constructs and studying their interrelationship. The first two studies reported in the thesis (Studies 1 and 2) revealed the types of communication encounters that are most difficult to manage at work, and offered insight into why these situations are difficult. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered and the quantitative data analysed using multidimensional scaling techniques. The results provided a taxonomy of difficult communication situations in the workplace. The next two studies (Studies 3 and 4) focused on the development of measures of primary and secondary appraisal, and on a taxonomy of response strategies applicable to work settings. A new measure of primary appraisal was developed from qualitative data pertaining specifically to the domain of difficult communication contexts. Principal components analysis was used in the development of the response strategies instrument. Study 5, the final study, reported the results of the application of cognitive appraisal theory to the context of difficult communication at work. In this study, the theory was applied to four difficult communication situations identified in Study 1, and the relationships among appraisal, response strategy, and outcome were investigated using principal components analysis and, subsequently, hierarchical regression analysis. The results indicated that, as the appraisal of the context varies, so too does the choice of response strategy, lending support to the transactional model. Appraisal contributes significantly to response strategy choice and to the outcome of the situation over and above that offered by response strategies alone. In addition, the findings revealed that appraisal of the situation differ across situations and according to the status of the other person in the encounter. The findings of the series of studies reported here point to the value of viewing difficult communication situations in the workplace in terms of the interrelated constructs of situations, appraisals, strategies rather than, as more commonly, in terms of characteristics of difficult persons. Some situations are inherently more difficult than others, appraisals alter the difficulty level of situations, and the availability of response strategies influence outcome. Appraisal is, however, a construct of central importance, in much the same way it is in the research context from which it was appropriated, viz stress research. Appraisal contributes significantly to choice of response strategy and directly to outcome over an above the contribution of response strategy. The research program was not without its shortcomings, among them the reliance on retrospective reports of participants about their behaviour, and these need to be addressed in future research. The findings as they stand do, however, point to more useful ways of conceptualising difficult situations at work and devising methods of intervention that will ensure better outcomes, in a significant area of life in the modern workplace.

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Whicker, Leanne. "Interpersonal Communication and Appraisal: The Application of Cognitive Appraisal Theory to Difficult Communication at Work." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366193.

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The program of research reported here was concerned with what makes difficult face-to-face communication in work settings difficult. A framework for analysing this problem was developed by bringing together the disparate literatures of communications theory and cognitive appraisal theory. The framework identified the outcome of an instance of face-to-face communication at work as a function of features of the situation, the appraisal that the worker makes in the situation, and the response strategies selected for dealing with the situation. The research program was directed to operationalising these constructs and studying their interrelationship. The first two studies reported in the thesis (Studies 1 and 2) revealed the types of communication encounters that are most difficult to manage at work, and offered insight into why these situations are difficult. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered and the quantitative data analysed using multidimensional scaling techniques. The results provided a taxonomy of difficult communication situations in the workplace. The next two studies (Studies 3 and 4) focused on the development of measures of primary and secondary appraisal, and on a taxonomy of response strategies applicable to work settings. A new measure of primary appraisal was developed from qualitative data pertaining specifically to the domain of difficult communication contexts. Principal components analysis was used in the development of the response strategies instrument. Study 5, the final study, reported the results of the application of cognitive appraisal theory to the context of difficult communication at work. In this study, the theory was applied to four difficult communication situations identified in Study 1, and the relationships among appraisal, response strategy, and outcome were investigated using principal components analysis and, subsequently, hierarchical regression analysis. The results indicated that, as the appraisal of the context varies, so too does the choice of response strategy, lending support to the transactional model. Appraisal contributes significantly to response strategy choice and to the outcome of the situation over and above that offered by response strategies alone. In addition, the findings revealed that appraisal of the situation differ across situations and according to the status of the other person in the encounter. The findings of the series of studies reported here point to the value of viewing difficult communication situations in the workplace in terms of the interrelated constructs of situations, appraisals, strategies rather than, as more commonly, in terms of characteristics of ‘difficult’ persons. Some situations are inherently more difficult than others, appraisals alter the difficulty level of situations, and the availability of response strategies influence outcome. Appraisal is, however, a construct of central importance, in much the same way it is in the research context from which it was appropriated, viz stress research. Appraisal contributes significantly to choice of response strategy and directly to outcome over an above the contribution of response strategy. The research program was not without its shortcomings, among them the reliance on retrospective reports of participants about their behaviour, and these need to be addressed in future research. The findings as they stand do, however, point to more useful ways of conceptualising difficult situations at work and devising methods of intervention that will ensure better outcomes, in a significant area of life in the modern workplace.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Applied Psychology
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Sweeney, Matthew. "Interpersonal communication on Myspace: A social networking study." Thesis, Sweeney, Matthew (2007) Interpersonal communication on Myspace: A social networking study. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/53031/.

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As Web 2.0 emerges, Internet users realise a new degree of self-publication through blogs, wikis and social networking sites. The inherent sociality of social networking sites (SNS) has led to exponential growth of internet use, especially amongst teens. The rapid increase in use of these sites poses questions of why do people use these sites? Who are they communicating with? Why are they communicating with the each other? Interpersonal interactions on SNS are a departure from traditional computer-mediated communication (CMC) interactions due to the public articulation of friends and communication with these friends. As social networking sites are at the forefront of many-to-many mass communication technologies, it is important to understand the interpersonal communication that takes place through these media and what influences these communication behaviours. Myspace, the most popular SNS has not yet been encountered in Uses and Gratifications (U&G) research or communication research. The proposed research aims to bridge this gap, adding to existing research in interpersonal communication, identity and friendship performance theory and extending U&G theory to a new environment, SNS. Answers to the research questions can lead to a clear understanding of social networking sites as a new communication tool and its application in the lives of its users and the wider society.

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Kestic, Dino, and Jehona Behramaj. "Kvinnliga ledare kommunicerar : Motiv och former inom den svenska mediebranschen." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-23035.

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From an early age kids learn that their good performance and efforts will be rewarded. Unfortunately, not all leaders in the media industry are rewarded or given the same opportunities to exercise their communicative leadership, according to studies in media research. The aim of our study is to highlight female managers' experiences of their communicative leadership in the Swe-dish media industry. This study was based on qualitative interviews with four female respondents in management positions. The core of the study concerns female communicative leadership and interpersonal communication. We can draw the conclusion that female leaders perceive that their communicative role tends to be collaborative and that effective leadership is first and fore-most a matter of communication skills.

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Tatlilioglu, Kasim, and Nadiya Senchylo. "Active Listening Skills as an Element of Interpersonal Communication." Thesis, Талком, 2020. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/43410.

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Active listening is an important element of the communication process and key to success. Listening is an integrative action physical, psychological, emotional, social, intellectual and environmental inputs. It ensures effective and healthy communication between individuals and institutions. On the other hand, it has an mportant effect on the prevention of communication conflicts. It is know importance by everyone but being gnored effective listening skills is communication process. So in this studying will be refer active listening skills and importance.

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Fetterman, Sandra M. "The Communication Experience of Relationship Dissolution: A Grounded Theory Approach." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2008. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/FettermanSM2008.pdf.

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Qadar, Farah. "Self-Talk: Effects on Emotion in Interpersonal Communication Context." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613581.

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This study examines self-talk within a communication framework and context. The effects of different types of self-talk on emotion are explored. Specifically, this research looks at different types of self-talk based on the language and message aspects of the self-talk including: valence of self-talk (negative vs. positive), and self-talk content (using name vs. second-person pronoun [you] for self-reference). The relative effects of these different types of self-talk on emotion are investigated within the context of interpersonal anger. For control, the study contrasts the effects of self-talk with the effects of thought. Additionally, this study looks at the effects of the different types of self-talk and thought on subsequent interpersonal communication outcomes (perceived satisfaction and effectiveness of written interpersonal communication as well as willingness to communicate interpersonally). Results indicated that valence of self-talk and thought has significant impact on emotional outcomes. Results also indicated an interaction effect between valence and the self-talk/thought manipulation on negative affect. Positive self-talk decreased negative affect more than positive thought. Further results demonstrated a mediated effect of self-talk on subsequent interpersonal communication outcomes. Positive self-talk led to less anger after interpersonal communication which led to greater perceptions of interpersonal communication effectiveness and satisfaction and increased willingness to communicate interpersonally.

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Bhiladvala, Adam, and Alexander Johansson. "Interpersonal Communication in Virtual Teams : A Qualitative Research Exploring the Influence Interpersonal Communication has on the Trust and Motivation in Virtual Teams." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48899.

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Today’s globalized world and the internationalization of many companies have put pressure on companies to change their communication patterns, both external and internal. The way of operating has also changed. The technological advancements made during the past decades have allowed employees to have almost unlimited possibilities to communicate with each other, no matter the distance. This has led to a new phenomenon, Virtual Teams. Working virtually has become more common in recent time, while the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies and teams to adapt to a virtual environment. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the influence Interpersonal Communication has on the employees’ trust and motivation in Virtual Teams. The research was of a qualitative nature and the collection of primary data was made through semi-structured in-depth interviews with mainly open-ended questions. The participants consisted of five (5) employees and one (1) manager from the same virtual team, with the members located across the globe. The findings showed that Interpersonal Communication has a positive influence on the employees’ motivation and trust, mostly through the establishment of Interpersonal Relations, Sense of Belonging and Level of Involvement. Many of the findings are supported by previous literature and research. The authors argue that the level of influence interpersonal communication has is dependent on the experience and seniority of the members, as well as it having the strongest influence in the beginning of a team. The thesis has contributed to previous and current literature and research, while having implications for future research, managers and virtual teams.

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Hayakawa, Hiruko. "The meaningless laugh : laughter in Japanese communication /." Connect to full text, 2003. http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/adt/public_html/adt-NU/public/adt-NU20050104.144246/index.html.

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Choy, Norman. "Accomodating the interpersonal communication program to Chinese-American couples." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Ing, Sarom. "Design for effective interpersonal communication based on desktop video." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243572.

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Placks, Simon James. "Interpersonal deceit and lie-detection using computer-mediated communication." Thesis, Durham University, 2003. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3707/.

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This thesis examines the use of computer-mediated communication for lie-detection and interpersonal deceit. The literature within the fields of lie-detection and mediated communication are reviewed and it is proposed that there is a lack of knowledge surrounding how people use CMC to deceive one another. Qualitative research was carried out in order to address this shortcoming, exploring the self-reported experiences of chat room users who have been exposed to online deceit. Reports were provided that describe the misrepresentation of age, gender, vocation, affection, and appearance. The importance of stereotypes in driving suspicions is also emphasised within the reports. It is suggested that this key characteristic has more dominance in CMC than it would do face-to-face because of the occlusion of the traditional nonstrategic clues to deceit. Evidence for an alternative set of nonstrategic leakage clues was examined further by conducting a variant of the Guilty-Knowledge test within the context of a CMC based crime. It was found that participants exhibited a response time inhibition effect when presented with 'guilty knowledge' and that this effect was detectable through a standard two-button mouse. The use of such nonstrategic cues to deceit was explored further in a study that examined how CMC might be used to add additional control to a Statement Validity Assessment truth-validation test. It was found that the content analysis technique used by SVA was unable in its present form to correctly distinguish between truthful and fabricated statements of participants interviewed using a CMC chat program. In addition, it was found that the deletion-behaviours of participants fabricating a story within CMC provided no quantitative or qualitative evidence that they were lying.

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Pope, Sharon A. "Strategies for Developing Interpersonal Communication Skills for Business Students." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1916.

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Strategies for Developing Interpersonal Communication Skills for Business Students by Sharon A. Pope M.B.A., Cleveland State University, 1995 M.S.H.P/A., University of Cincinnati, 1983 B.Ed., University of Toledo, 1981 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Walden University December 2015 Research has shown that interpersonal communication skills (ICS) are important for employment success, particularly if they are learned by students during college. A private university in Ohio identified the need to enhance students' ICS; however, the university's faculty lacked strategies to teach those required skills. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate perceptions of key administrative staff (KAS), faculty, and alumni about the implementation of ICS instruction to foster students' work-ready skills. Guided by the social skill component of Goleman's emotional intelligence theory and related research, this study examined key applications of ICS including communication, collaboration, conflict management, and cross cultural awareness. Three KAS with extensive knowledge of university practices were purposefully sampled to take part in a focus group addressing current and recommended ICS instructional strategies. Network sampling, informed by the KAS, identified 23 faculty members who completed an open-ended online questionnaire and 4 alumni who participated in semi-structured interviews targeting their perceptions of ICS in the classroom. In addition to these sources of data, the researcher's reflective journal was analyzed to examine implementation and perceptions of current and alternate ICS instructional strategies. Data were transcribed, reviewed, then coded inductively without a prior list of codes resulting themes of presenting, self-branding, group/team work, networking, global awareness, and diversity. These findings were used to create a faculty professional development series on effective ICS instruction that can be used to promote positive social change for the university, students, and community by preparing graduates ready for success in the workforce.

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Ruffoni, Michelle L. "The effect of construct differentiation, biological sex, and locus of control on message design logic and message goal structure in regulative communication situations." Scholarly Commons, 1997. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2312.

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This study replicates and extends previous research on the relationship between interpersonal construct differentiation and message production in regulative communication situations (O'Keefe & McComack, 1987; O'Keefe, 1988). The research examines whether a subject's use of a particular message design logic (expressive, conventional, or rhetorical) and goal structure (minimal, unifunctional, or multifunctional) is related to his or her level of cognitive complexity, gender, and locus of control. Subjects (n = 160) were asked to complete the Crockett's (1966) Role Category Questionnaire (RCQ) and Levenson's (1981) Internal, Powerful Others, and Chance Scale. Subjects were also asked to respond to a hypothetical regulative communication task. Their responses were then classified according to criteria established by O'Keefe. The study found a significant positive relationship between construct differentiation and message design such that less complex subjects wrote expressive messages, moderately complex subjects wrote conventional messages, and highly complex subjects wrote rhetorical messages. There was a significant negative relationship between construct differentiation and goal structure such that less complex respondents sought multifunctional goals while highly complex subjects sought minimal goals. There were no gender related differences. The locus of control constructs (internality, powerlessness, and chance) were related to message design. Internal, powerful, and low chance orientated actors composed conventional or rhetorical messages. External, powerless, and high chance orientated respondents wrote expressive messages. Powerlessness was related to goal structure such that powerless actors sought multiple goals while powerful subjects sought minimal goals. The results ofthe study provide partial support for O'Keefe's (1988) theory of message design. In particular, the results confirm the premise that construct differentiation is a predictor of message design logic. The findings also identify locus of control as a predictor of message design. The negative relationships identified in the study suggest that there may be conceptual or methodological problems with O'Keefe's model which must be addressed before any additional conclusions can be made.

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Tierney, Gisele Marie. "A contextual analysis of selected communication strategies associated with dyadic and situation characteristics : a field study." PDXScholar, 1986. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3653.

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A contextual analysis investigation of related communication acts is concerned with the multidimensional nature of human interdependence. The communication strategy is a category of relational communication acts that can be viewed as one of the ways in which interactants promote or maintain a working consensus and enhance interpersonal discovery. Strategy use is motivated by the nature of the relationship rather than by the speaker's conscious attempts to direct outcomes.

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Janes, Adam Vincent. "Learning to listen improving parent and child communication /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p062-0314.

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Booher, Maria Cristina Gonzalez. "Communication within the marital dyad : an attachment-theoretical perspective /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Morton, Thomas A. "Mass communication, interpersonal communication, and health risk perception : reconsidering the impersonal impact hypothesis from a communication perspective /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18683.pdf.

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Grindle, Linde Claire. "Improved organizational communication at Baldwin Hospital and Clinic." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998grindlel.pdf.

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Horner, Lewis R. "Communication and consumer confidence the roles of mass media, interpersonal communication, and local context /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1229213595.

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Cooper, Constance M. "Gender differences in conversational style : an experiment in interpersonal communication." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4212.

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Communication problems and conflict may occur between partners in intimate dyads when systematic gender differences in language contribute to misinterpretations. This research investigated effects of gender on interpretations of hypothetical conversations between dyads, and also on judgments of likelihood of conflict.

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Hattori, Toyoko. "Intercultural confrontation styles of culturally homophilous and culturally heterophilous Japanese and U.S. college students." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4326.

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This study focuses on confrontational behavior patterns exhibited by Japanese and U.S. college students in the Portland Metropolitan area. Four questions are addressed: 1) is there a difference Japanese and U.S. confrontation styles? 2) do Japanese use differing confrontation styles depending upon whom they are interacting with? 3) do U.S. individuals use differing confrontation styles depending upon whom they are interacting with? and 4) is there a significant gender difference between Japanese and U.S. confrontation styles? In addition, correlations between the Japanese and U.S. reported confrontation styles and their demographic data are examined.

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Newton, Deborah Anne. "Influence strategies used by relational partners during disagreements." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184520.

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Interpersonal influence refers to the strategies and tactics relational partners use to establish, reinforce, or alter each other's cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. It is argued that in close relationships, influence is used to attain instrumental goals, manage the relationship, and maintain desired identities. Six strategic categories, involving 36 tactics, were created to assess influence during the videotaped disagreements of fifty couples (N = 100). Correlational results suggest that: (1) relational partners are more persuasive when using strategies of other-support and content-validation and less persuasive when using content-invalidation, (2) greater satisfaction is experienced when one's partner uses other-support strategies and does not use accusations, and (3) relational message interpretations of equality, immediacy, informality, and similarity are associated with content-validation and other-support strategies; while interpretations of dominance, lack of immediacy, and lack of equality are associated with content-invalidation and other-accusations. An exploratory effort is made to determine which nonverbal behaviors are most closely associated with verbal strategies and how they predict outcome and global measures.

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Lount, G. T. M. "Interpersonal communication processes in the pastoral ministry of Catholic clergy." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390161.

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Tabor, Bonnie. "Conflict management and interpersonal communication style of the elementary principal /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3025653.

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Irey, Karen Vice. "Interpersonal communication through the mass media : characteristics of personal advertisers /." Full-text version available from OU Domain via ProQuest Digital Dissertations, 1985.

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Cordero, Annel. "Problem Solving Communication and Interpersonal Power Among Latino Adolescent Couples." DigitalCommons@USU, 2012. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6112.

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Few studies exist that examine Latino romantic relationships; even fewer assess interpersonal power among romantically involved Latino adolescent couples. This observational study investigated interaction, negotiation of power, and communication styles of Latino adolescents in current romantic relationships. Twenty-nine participating couples (ages 14-21) were recruited from a small Rocky Mountain community; all identified as being of Latino decent. Couples were digitally videotaped during problem solving conversations and completed a video recall procedure administered directly 11 following the recording. The Quality of Relationship Inventory (QRI) was completed by all couple members as a measure of their overall relationship quality. In addition to this, the Global Assessment Scale (GAS), which measured feelings of honesty, being attacked, misunderstood, and conversation control was administered to each couple member after videotaping. The video recall procedure captured positive and negative aspects of interaction, negotiation of power, and skillfulness in problem solving. Power dynamics for each conversation were also rated by an outside observer on dominance through talking and dominance through not listening scale. Overall, these couples rated their relationship quality positively and viewed their own and partner's behavior positively as well. Low levels of dominance through talking and dominance through not listening were observed to be used by couple members as a means to handle conflict during the conversation. The majority of the couples were observed to be mutually engaged in the conversations and appear to have good problem solving skills. However, higher ratings of power inequity by both couple members and observers were linked to lower overall relationship quality, with differing patterns of correlation for male and female couple members.

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Foreman, Kimberly Annette. "Beyond good writing: The multidisiplinary skills of the communications professional." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/838.

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Kochetkova, Maria A. "Semiotic Approach to the Analysis of Interpersonal Communication in Modern Comedies." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277147794.

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Edwards, Autumn P. "A theory and measure of interpersonally-oriented communication-based metaphysics /." View abstract, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3209651.

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Schwarz, Christiane. "Studien zur Stammbuchpraxis der Frühen Neuzeit Gestaltung und Nutzung des Album amicorum am Beispiel eines Hofbeamten und Dichters, eines Politikers und eines Goldschmieds, etwa 1550 bis 1650 /." Frankfurt am Main : Lang, 2002. http://books.google.com/books?id=2iFZAAAAMAAJ.

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Jacobson, Steven M. "The attachment, caregiving, and sexual systems relationship to conflict communication in adult pair-bond relationships." Full text available online (restricted access), 2003. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/Jacobson.pdf.

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Hayakawa, Haruko. "The Meaningless Laugh: Laughter in Japanese Communication." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/656.

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This thesis explores the functions of laughter in Japanese communication. In orientation it contrasts markedly with previous studies and is the first study to have been based on such a large volume of data. In this paper I have focused on laughter as it serves to maintain a co-operative relationship between the participants in a conversation. I find that in the process of communication, people necessarily have to lay themselves open to others, and in doing so they become conscious of the barrier surrounding and protecting their field, i.e. their 'inner world'. I hypothesise that in Japanese at least it is consciousness of this barrier that causes the occurrence of laughter in discourse. In other words, people laugh as part of the process of opening up to others, and also to show their intention to be co-operative. By laughing, people are either confirming that they belong to the same in-group, or they are pretending to belong to the same in-group in order to show co-operation. In my model, laughter is classified: A: Joyful laughter for identifying with the in-group B: Balancing laughter for easing tension C: Laughter as a cover-up. A is also divided into 3 subcategories, B into 3, and C into 2 according to the subject of the utterance and the direction of movement into the protective barrier. Two types of statistical analysis were applied to the data in order to the test the validity of the classification. Keywords: interpersonal communication; laughter; field; barrier; co-operation; joy; balancing; cover-up gender

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Hayakawa, Haruko. "The Meaningless Laugh: Laughter in Japanese Communication." University of Sydney. Japanese and Korean Studies School of Language and Cultures, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/656.

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This thesis explores the functions of laughter in Japanese communication. In orientation it contrasts markedly with previous studies and is the first study to have been based on such a large volume of data. In this paper I have focused on laughter as it serves to maintain a co-operative relationship between the participants in a conversation. I find that in the process of communication, people necessarily have to lay themselves open to others, and in doing so they become conscious of the barrier surrounding and protecting their field, i.e. their �inner world�. I hypothesise that in Japanese at least it is consciousness of this barrier that causes the occurrence of laughter in discourse. In other words, people laugh as part of the process of opening up to others, and also to show their intention to be co-operative. By laughing, people are either confirming that they belong to the same in-group, or they are pretending to belong to the same in-group in order to show co-operation. In my model, laughter is classified: A: Joyful laughter for identifying with the in-group B: Balancing laughter for easing tension C: Laughter as a cover-up. A is also divided into 3 subcategories, B into 3, and C into 2 according to the subject of the utterance and the direction of movement into the protective barrier. Two types of statistical analysis were applied to the data in order to the test the validity of the classification. Keywords: interpersonal communication; laughter; field; barrier; co-operation; joy; balancing; cover-up gender

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Cheng, Wan-yee Vennie. "Early social and communication skills of children with autism." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29791613.

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Lowi, Rosamina. "Building understanding through language and interaction joint attention, social modals and directives in adult-directed speech to children in two preschools /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1459902601&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lumsden, Joanne. "Moving in time with others : exploring interpersonal synchrony." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=192191.

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The temporal coordination of interpersonal behaviour is a foundation for effective joint action, and research reveals that it occurs spontaneously during social interactions. Moreover, synchronous movement has been evidenced to be associated with core aspects of social exchange and person perception (reviewed in Chapter 1). However, synchronisation is not unique to humans, and the emergence of coordination across a variety of domains (e.g., in nature, mechanics, intrapersonal coordination) has been demonstrated to follow similar patterns. The aim of the current work was to explore potential influences on the degree of rhythmic movement synchrony between interaction partners by incorporating methods and theory from both the social psychological and coordination dynamics literatures. Over the course of six studies, several social influences on the emergence and perception of interpersonal synchrony were identified. The degree to which individuals coordinate with the movement rhythms of an interaction partner was found to be shaped by their partner’s social identity (Chapter 2), the individual’s own social motives (Chapter 3), and also their sex (Chapter 4). Therefore, the coordination dynamics governing synchrony were shown to be affected by social factors. In a separate but related thread of research, it was revealed that third-party perceptions of physically synchronous interactions are also influenced by socially relevant information (Chapter 5). Thus, it appears that social forces modulate the degree of synchronisation between interaction partners, and also outsider perceptions of rhythmic movements. The results are discussed in terms of their theoretical and methodological implications, as well as the overall contribution they make to the extant literature (Chapter 6). From an overarching theoretical standpoint, it is suggested that the findings should be viewed from a dynamical systems perspective as, in contrast to alternative theories (e.g., the mirror-neurons theory), this account can more fully explain the phenomena of synchrony and the patterns which emerge.

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Romesburg, Tyla Sue 1966. "An examination of interpersonal influence between peers." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291549.

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Interpersonal influence between peers is marked by the need to (1) maintain a positive image, (2) achieve instrumental or task goals, and (3) maintain interpersonal relations with one's partner. This investigation examined the process of balancing these three objectives or needs, and further examined the consequences associated with failure to balance all objectives. Peers were videotaped during an influence interaction, and their verbal strategies were coded by trained coders along a 5-dimensional scale. Verbal evaluations made by coders were correlated with self-report measures of (1) issue importance, (2) stress, (3) communication satisfaction, and (4) relational message interpretations. Correlation results indicate that while unsupported, there is a trend between stress and self-defense strategies, and between issue importance and other-accusation strategies. Results of hypotheses testing the correlation between communication satisfaction and relational message interpretations, and strategy usage were unsupported. Post-hoc analyses are offered.

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Hunter, Seft. "The relationship of interviewer's communication behaviors and applicant's evaluation of the interviewer." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1914.

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