Reviews the body of literature on typologies of strategies. Then investigates the effects of situation variables on the likelihood of use of four types of compliance-gaining strategies: justification, exchange, manipulation, and personal rejection. Concludes that both intimacy and relational consequences proved to be significant determinants of…

A study is reported that hypothesizes that (1) empathic behaviors and other interpersonal skills are usually not new to internal medicine residents, and (2) that the educational issue is primarily one of skill elicitation and reinforcement rather than learning new content and behaviors. (MLW)

Five styles of coping with close interpersonal relationships during young adulthood were assessed for 60 college men and related to measures of conceptualization level and articulation of feelings in subjects' thematic apperception test stories. Intimacy with others was associated with openness to and ability to conceptualize affective experience…

Reviews research which examines the relationship of loneliness with communication variables. Reports on a study which found that (1) communication apprehension was not significantly related to loneliness and (2) canonical correlation reveals a significant relationship between the communicative competence dimension, social experience, and the lack…

Of particular interest to generalizability theory strategies is a relationship showing that integrated design variance components not involving attributes are identical with the average respective covariance components across attributes. An illustration is provided to demonstrate the relationships, strengths, and weaknesses of two strategies.…

Evaluated three approaches to teaching social skill training (SST). All three conditions showed equivalent improvement in familiarity with SST; however, only the structured learning format and conference workshop format improved evaluative skills significantly. A measure of therapist behavior during a simulated SST session showed roughly…

Contrary to the bonding mystique, there is increasing evidence that women's lives are not lacking in friends nor men's so well-endowed. Women's well-developed interpersonal skills are an asset when events such as spouse's death or retirement require the reconstruction of social networks. (Author/SK)

Using extensive, multifaceted observational and interview data from the Family Socialization and Developmental Competence Project (FSP), this paper examines the claims that androgynes, by comparison with sex-typed individuals, are more effective persons and parents. (Author/RH)

Schools have a responsibility to match curricula to each child's needs and talent. While cognitive functioning is usually assessed to determine this match, motivation and adjustment are equally important determinants of intellectual competence and should also be evaluated. (Author/GC)

Self-report and judges' ratings of anxiety and social skill were moderately generalizable across the facets investigated. The relationship between anxiety and skill varied considerably among methods. Substantial variance was found within judges for anxiety ratings and within judges and methods for skill ratings. Variance was influenced by mode of…

Presents a process-based method for using dreams in marital and family therapy. Identifies and emphasizes personality and life area strengths. A case study illustrates the application of this approach. Presented at Portland Multiregional Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, April 15, 1978. (Author/JC)

Depressed outpatients received treatment focusing on interpersonal skills, cognitions, or pleasant events. Patients received immediate treatment or delayed treatment. All treatment modalities significantly alleviated depression. All patients improved on most dependent variables, regardless of whether variables were directly addressed in treatment.…

Investigated the differential impact of natural interpersonal skills and specific, brief, interview training. Dramatic convergence of effectiveness scores for volunteers preselected by the group assessment of interpersonal traits technique was impressive. Results shed no clear light on the talent v training controversy. (Author/BEF)

Explains how affective education for students, teachers, and administrators can save schools money on such items as substitute pay, student retention, vandalism, and teacher transfers. (Author/JM)

Described an assertiveness scale for children developed to assess four dimensions of assertiveness across three categories of interpersonal situations. The scale was administered to elementary and middle school children (N=609) and readministered to students (N=164) to assess test-retest reliability. Test-retest reliability was low while internal…