A definitive and research-based summary of what science can teach us about attraction and relationship initiation, drawing on a wide and multi-disciplinary range of sources to provide a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the field for students and other interested readers...
Examines the issues of disclosure, privacy, & secrecy to further understanding of how people balance their public & private needs. Of interest to scholars & researchers in interpersonal comm., personal relationships, social psych., & related areas...
This interdisciplinary text introduces the concepts, methodologies, theories, and empirical findings of interpersonal relationships drawn from psychology, communication, family studies, marriage and family therapy, social work, sociology, anthropology, health sciences, economics, and even philosophy..
Peter Bull analyses many aspects of communication. The book brings together a range of approaches and accompanying contextual analyses and helps to chart and delineate the often disparate research that has been undertaken in this area...
Peter Bull analyses many aspects of communication. The book brings together a range of approaches and accompanying contextual analyses and helps to chart and delineate the often disparate research that has been undertaken in this area...
Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this book was to explore the interrelations among communication, social cognition and affect. The contributors, selected by the editors, were some of the best known in their fields and they significantly added to the knowledge of this interdisciplinary do..
This text examines the current state of theory and research in communication, providing a broad introductory overview. For students in all areas of communication study...
This volume critically evaluates more than a century of empirical research on the effectiveness of small, task-performing groups, and offers a fresh look at the costs and benefits of collaborative work arrangements...
This book sheds an illuminating light into the psyche of people involved in macro-level destructive intergroup conflicts. It also describes the changes in the socio-psychological repertoire that are necessary to ignite the peace process. Finally, it elaborates on the nature and the processes of peac..
The first survey in a generation of the field of interpersonal and intrapersonal expectancies: the seeds of research in this area, the current state of the art, its practical applications, and the directions future investigations should take. An important reference for researchers and students in s..
The first survey in a generation of the field of interpersonal and intrapersonal expectancies: the seeds of research in this area, the current state of the art, its practical applications, and the directions future investigations should take. An important reference for researchers and students in s..