Interpersonal communication

About: Interpersonal communication is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26243 publications have been published within this topic receiving 767999 citations.

A description of the consequences of aphasia on aphasic persons and their relatives and friends, based on the WHO model of chronic diseases

Abstract: The present study aims to describe the consequences of aphasia by analysing the personal accounts of aphasic individuals who have recovered and of a relative or friend. Eighteen subjects were interviewed. The transcriptions of the interviews were analysed using a qualitative methodology. The analysis revealed different dimensions in the experience of aphasia which were classified with reference to the WHO model, i.e. in terms of disabilities, handicaps and coping behaviours. This last dimension was included to cover the reactions that participants reported to various handicaps and disabilities. The results demonstrate that the aphasic participants' language disabilities are the major cause of handicaps; in fact they negatively influence situations involving communication, alter interpersonal relationships, provoke a loss of autonomy, restrict activities and trigger stigmatization. The relatives and friends of aphasic persons also experience handicaps in the realms of communication, interpersonal ...

African American Communication: Ethnic Identity and Cultural Interpretation

Abstract: Introduction Self, Identity, Ethnic Identity, and African American Ethnic Identity African American Communication Style Communication Competence Conclusions

Attributions and communication in roommate conflicts.

Abstract: This paper develops a theoretical approach to communication in interpersonal conflict which emphasizes the role of attributional processes. According to this view, communicative decisions in conflict are largely a function of social attributions about the intent, causality, and stability of behaviors in conflict. Factors which bias attributions along these dimensions encourage noncooperative conflict stategies. Predictions from this perspective were examined in a field study of college dormitory roommates. Open‐ended descriptions of conflicts experienced by roommates were used to formulate a typology of conflict resolution strategies. The main categories in this typology (“passive‐indirect,” “distributive,” and “integrative”) vary in the extent to which they promote information exchange and are oriented toward individual versus mutual goals. Associations between the conflict strategies reported by subjects, their attributions for conflicts, and conflict outcomes were in the expected direction.

Training to improve virtual team communication

Abstract: . Organizations are utilizing virtual teams, comprising workgroup members who communicate and collaborate with technology, to accomplish tasks. These teams are geographically distributed and communicate via computer-mediated communication systems (CMCS), and may never or rarely meet face-to-face. Relational links among team members have been found to be a significant contributor to the effectiveness of information exchange in the use of CMCS. In most cases, team members receive little or no training to improve the effectiveness of this form of communication. When training is used, it often focuses on software utilization skills, not on interpersonal communication dynamics. This paper discusses the effect of virtual team communication training on group interactions, especially for enhancing these relational links and thereby improving communication and information exchange in virtual teams. It was found that teams that were given appropriate training exhibited improved perceptions of the interaction process over time, specifically with regard to trust, commitment and frank expression between members. Discussion of the role of training on virtual team processes and outcomes is discussed and future research implications are presented.