Identifies individuals' patterns of change in behavioral approach for a single conflict along three orthogonal dimensions: attention to own-view, attention to other-view, and relational disruptiveness. Identifies general patterns of changes in individuals' conflict behaviors. (SR)

Analyzes self-disclosure in terms of positive and negative participant attraction, and degree of message intimacy. (MH)

Examines how strategic communication is linked to specific relational features. Finds that integrative strategies were positively linked to competence, whereas distributive and avoidant strategies were negatively linked to competence. Supports the view that competence perceptions mediate the link between conflict messages and relational outcomes.…

Findings suggest that (1) the effects of rehearsal on deceptive success vary depending upon certain characteristics of the communicator/deceiver and (2) a relationship exists between certain behavior correlates of deceptive communication and observer accuracy in detecting deception. (PD)

This study examined the context within which subjects (students) selected one of the following failure management strategies: silence, concession, excuse, justification, and refusal. Contextual variables included: relationship with the reproacher, the students' communicative goal orientation, moral severity of the failure, character of the…

Proposes and tests a model of the relationship between beliefs and behavioral intentions based on a mathematical probability theory. (MH)

Examines how individuals in a dyad where at least one member was recruited from an introductory communication course react to expectancy-violating changes in affectionate behavior. Indicates that unexpected changes in affectionate involvement produce changes in recipients' cognitive assessments and behavior reactions. Suggests that violative…

Investigates the control or dominance aspects of dyadic message exchanges and suggests a coding technique for analyzing such interaction. See CS 703 560 for availability. (MH)

Describes a study designed to test the circumplexical order hypothesis at the phenomenological level of conscious communication. (MH)

Derives hypotheses concerning patterns of interaction that occur across time in truthful and deceptive conversations among undergraduate students. Examines the nature of adaptability and mutual influence in interaction, interpersonal deception theory and interaction adaptation theory. Finds that deceivers felt more anxious and were more concerned…

Studies the ways in which information disclosed early in a relationship is used to form predictions about probable attitudes of the other person, and subsequent communication behavior as the relationship progresses. (MH)

Investigates the self-perception theory account of the foot-in-the-door (FITD) phenomenon, a sequential-request technique using a small first request followed by a larger, target request. Finds that a self-inference explanation is viable, but that a strict self-perception account fails because neither request size nor execution correspond to…

Develops a method for predicting leadership behavior in small groups by integrating leadership theory and source valence concepts. (MH)

Suggests conditions or "cues" that provoke the process of second- guessing, and describes an experimental study confirming that interactants do second-guess when confronted with those cues. (MS)