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Modeling Serial Arguments in Close Relationships: The Serial Argument Process Model
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Bevan, Jennifer L.; Finan, Andrea; Kaminsky, Allison – Human Communication Research, 2008
Though an emerging research area, serial argumentation has yet to be cohesively explored from a theoretical lens. The current project thus extends and updates Trapp and Hoff's (1985) original serial argument model by explicating and testing a theoretical process an individual goes through immediately before, during, and after a serial argument…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Models, Persuasive Discourse, Interpersonal Communication
A Communication Researchers' Guide to Null Hypothesis Significance Testing and Alternatives
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Levine, Timothy R.; Weber, Rene; Park, Hee Sun; Hullett, Craig R. – Human Communication Research, 2008
This paper offers a practical guide to use null hypotheses significance testing and its alternatives. The focus is on improving the quality of statistical inference in quantitative communication research. More consistent reporting of descriptive statistics, estimates of effect size, confidence intervals around effect sizes, and increasing the…
Descriptors: Intervals, Communication Research, Testing, Statistical Significance
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the Perceived Importance of Conversational Constraints.
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Kim, Min-Sun – Human Communication Research, 1994
Investigates how cultural groups differ in the relative importance they attach to conversational constraints. Suggests that the perceived importance of clarity is higher in the more individualistic cultures but that the perceived importance of avoiding hurting the hearer's feelings and of minimizing imposition is higher in the more collectivistic…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Disentangling Listening and Verbal Recall: Related but Separate Constructs?
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Thomas, L. Todd; Levine, Timothy R. – Human Communication Research, 1994
Examines 73 participants on the relationship between verbal recall and listening, using measures of listening behavior as a criterion. Considers three possible models: (1) isomorphic, (2) confounding, and (3) recall ability as antecedent to listening. Finds that a model stipulating verbal recall ability as antecedent to listening provides the best…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Higher Education
Collective AIDS Activism and Individuals' Perceived Self-Advocacy in Physician-Patient Communication.
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Brashers, Dale E.; Haas, Stephen M.; Klingle, Renee S.; Neidig, Judith L. – Human Communication Research, 2000
Describes parallel persuasive processes between social or political activism and personal self-advocacy in a study of AIDS activism and communication patterns between people with HIV or AIDS and health care personnel. Encourages greater patient education about the illness and treatment options. Promotes a more assertive stance toward health care,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Higher Education
How "Does" the Comforting Process Work? An Empirical Test of an Appraisal-Based Model of Comforting
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Jones, Susanne M.; Wirtz, John G. – Human Communication Research, 2006
Burleson and Goldsmith's (1998) comforting model suggests an appraisal-based mechanism through which comforting messages can bring about a positive change in emotional states. This study is a first empirical test of three causal linkages implied by the appraisal-based comforting model. Participants (N=258) talked about an upsetting event with a…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Affective Behavior, Interpersonal Communication, Affective Measures