Examines the effects of interpersonal perspective upon certain noncontent communicative behaviors, specifically, unwillingness to communicate, predisposition toward verbal behavior, and disclosiveness. Significant differences are shown among persons with analytic, cooperational, and instrumental perspectives on a linear combination of…

Investigates the amount and type of information sought during impression formation and concludes that information seeking is integral to uncertainty reduction in interpersonal interaction. (MH)

Examines the effects of the sex of the receiver, the status of the communicator, and the mode of communication on the exchange of positive, neutral, and negative evaluations. (Author)

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

Investigates the effects of disclosure as perceived by the recipient with specific attention given to the recipient's level of self-esteem. (MH)

Discusses a study designed to determine the influences of reticent members on group interaction. (MH)

Discusses a study designed to investigate the relationships between vocal activity level and interpersonal attraction, perceived credibility, perceived homophily or interpersonal similarity and perceived power or ability to influence. (MH)

Reports an attempt to determine whether classroom instructional strategies can provide a means by which a teacher can cope with effects of communication apprehension. (MH)

An exploratory study was conducted to define and differentiate interruptions structurally and tactically. The participants were 60 college students assigned to female-female, female-male, and male-male conversational dyads. The dyadic conversations were recorded for 14 minutes, during a period of "getting to know each other" and during a…

Examines the personality attributions made of a second speaker when (1) he reciprocated or failed to reciprocate the intimacy level of a disclosure made by an initial speaker and when (2) he matched or failed to match the initial speaker's level of language intensity. (Authors)

Repeats an earlier study by the authors concerning informants' ability to report their communication accurately and confirms results indicating that people do not know those with whom they communicate. Expands the original experimental design and offers recommendations for future research. (MH)

In human communication research today, two fundamental issues must be addressed. The first issue concerns the need for study of communicative relationships as events that change over time. The second issue involves the nature of the data currently gathered in such research and its adequacy in providing information concerning change. In order for…