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Download full textCupach, William R. – 1980
Relational intimacy was studied for its influence on choice of interpersonal conflict strategies. Data were collected from 143 speech communication students who were randomly distributed among three groups representing different levels of intimacy (stranger, acquaintance, intimate) and were asked to imagine serious conflict with a person of the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Problems, Communication Research
PDF pending restorationPearce, W. Barnett; Branham, Robert J. – 1978
Recurrent claims of ineffable experience and their importance for communication theory are analyzed in this paper. Four positions are identified: (1) the "complete effability/complete communicability" position is historically identified with Western culture but repudiated by modern thought; (2) the "complete ineffability/complete communicability"…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Emotional Experience
KONOPKA, GISELA – 1965
THE DIFFICULTIES OF BEGINNING TREATMENT FOR EDUCATION WITH ADOLESCENTS BEFORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ARE PREPARED ARE DISCUSSED. THREE PREREQUISITES TO COMMUNICATION--LISTENING, OBSERVING, EMPATHIZING--ARE PRESENTED. OBSTACLES TO COMMUNICATION IN THE HELPING ADULT INCLUDE PRE-OCCUPATION WITH ONE'S OWN WORLD, EGO INVOLVEMENT, FAILURE TO…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Stillwell, Arlene M.; Baumeister, Roy F. – 1990
A primary internal concern of an intimate relationship is that each partner communicates with the other. A breakdown of communication may occur when an occurrence construed as minor or negligible by one partner precipitates a major explosion of anger, rage, and hurt by the other. Both partners may be at fault for allowing a disagreement to reach…
Descriptors: Anger, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Higher Education
Weiss, Michael; Keys, Christopher – 1975
This study addresses three issues: (1) the influence of proxemic variables (distance, furniture presence) on dyadic interaction; (2) the consistency between measures of self-disclosure; and (3) the applicability of reciprocity and distance-equilibrium views of dyadic interaction. Dyads of male college students were randomly assigned to one of four…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication Problems, Environmental Influences
Schroeder, Anthony B. – 1986
Communication imposes a social order and interaction patterns which individuals accept as children, but it is not known to what extent or when in the life cycle preferred rhythms of social involvement and withdrawal are established. To assess the extent to which the elderly lose control of their patterns of interaction, case studies of four…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills
