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Interpersonal communication
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TL;DR: In this article, it is shown that perceptual measures of significant others' attributes reflect not only attributes of the person being perceived but also attributes of a perceiver, and the importance of interpersonal factors for aspirations is underscored.
Abstract: of peer influence is also estimated. Most previous estimates of interpersonal influences are based on the adolescent's perceptions of the significant other's attitudes or behaviors rather than on the significant other's self-reports of these attributes. Estimates of interpersonal influences based upon self-reported attributes are presented. It is shown that perceptual measures inflate estimates of interpersonal influence. Independent data from parents document that perceptual measures of significant others' attributes reflect not only attributes of the person being perceived but also attributes of the perceiver. Parental influence on the adolescent's aspirations is stronger than peer influence, and this influence does not decline over the adolescent years. Peers are involved in a process of reciprocal influence, and peer influences are stronger among girls than among boys. Interpersonal influences are crucial intervening links in causal models of educational and occupational attainment. The influential model developed by Duncan and Sewell and their associates (Duncan, Featherman, and Duncan 1972; Sewell, Haller, and Ohlendorf 1970; Sewell, Haller, and Portes 1969; Sewell and Hauser 1975), and further tested and replicated by other investigators, describes a four-step social-psychological process. In the model, interpersonal factors in adolescence mediate the effects of socioeconomic background and ability on levels of aspirations and on subsequent educational and occupational attainment in early adulthood. The importance of interpersonal factors for aspirations is underscored in a recent review by Spenner and Featherman: "The encouragement of one's parents and the plans of one's peers appear to shape ambitions more directly and with greater impact than any other source. Their effects are stronger than the direct influence of one's scholastic aptitude or previous
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between interpersonal power and influence during the resolution of an issue in an organization and found that cohesion, similarity, and centrality have significant effects on issue-related influence net of the elementary power bases.
Abstract: The A. examines the relationship between interpersonal power and influence during the resolution of an issue in an organization. Controlling for elementary bases of power (rewards, coercion, authority, identification, and expertise), he investigates three bases of power that arise from the structure of social networks (cohesion, similarity, and centrality). The analysis of the data on actor's bases of social power, frequency of interpersonal communications, and interpersonal influences indicates that cohesion, similarity, and centrality have significant effects on issue-related influence net of the elementary power bases. The effects of the structural bases are mediated by the frequency of issue-related communication, which primary structural determinant is network cohesion.
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TL;DR: Most patients were satisfied with the opportunities provided to discuss their needs with doctors, the interpersonal support of doctors, and the technical competence of doctors; however, few patients were satisfaction with the provision of information concerning their disease, treatment, and symptom control and the Provision of care in the home and to family and friends.
Abstract: A diagnosis of cancer places considerable stress on patients and requires them to make major adjustments in many areas of their lives. As a consequence, considerable demands are placed on health care providers to satisfy the complex care needs of cancer patients. Currently, there is little available information to indicate the extent to which cancer patients are satisfied with the quality of care they receive. The present study assessed the perceptions of 232 ambulatory cancer patients about the importance of and satisfaction with the following aspects of care: doctors technical competence and interpersonal and communication skills, accessibility and continuity of care, hospital and clinic care, nonmedical care, family care, and finances. The results indicate that all 60 questionnaire items used were considered to reflect important aspects of care, but that greater importance was given to the technical quality of medical care, the interpersonal and communication skills of doctors, and the accessibility of care. Most patients were satisfied with the opportunities provided to discuss their needs with doctors, the interpersonal support of doctors, and the technical competence of doctors. However, few patients were satisfied with the provision of information concerning their disease, treatment, and symptom control and the provision of care in the home and to family and friends.
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TL;DR: A new interpersonal approach to self-enhancement decomposes self-Perception into 3 components: perceiver effect, target effect, and unique self-perception and suggests that this resulting measure of self- enhancement is less confounded by unwanted components of interpersonal perception than previous social comparison and self-insight measures.
Abstract: Self-enhancement bias has been studied from 2 perspectives: L. Festinger's (1954) social comparison theory (self-enhancers perceive themselves more positively than they perceive others) and G. W. Allport's (1937) self-insight theory (self-enhancers perceive themselves more positively than they are perceived by others). These 2 perspectives are theoretically and empirically distinct, and the failure to recognize their differences has led to a protracted debate. A new interpersonal approach to self-enhancement decomposes self-perception into 3 components: perceiver effect, target effect, and unique self-perception. Both theoretical derivations and an illustrative study suggest that this resulting measure of self-enhancement is less confounded by unwanted components of interpersonal perception than previous social comparison and self-insight measures. Findings help reconcile conflicting views about whether self-enhancement is adaptive or maladaptive.
268 citations
07 May 2011
TL;DR: This paper considers SNS-users' concerns in relation to online disclosure and the ways in which they cope with these both individually and collaboratively, and proposes design solutions supportive of collaborative and preventive strategies in boundary regulation that facilitate the management of disclosure online.
Abstract: The workload needed for managing privacy and publicness in current social network services (SNSs) is placed on individuals, yet people have few means to control what others disclose about them. This paper considers SNS-users' concerns in relation to online disclosure and the ways in which they cope with these both individually and collaboratively. While previous work has focused mainly on individual coping strategies, our findings from a qualitative study with 27 participants suggest that collaborative strategies in boundary regulation are of additional importance. We present a framework of strategies for boundary regulation that informs both theoretical work and design practice related to management of disclosure in SNSs. The framework considers disclosure as an interpersonal process of boundary regulation, in which people are dependent on what others choose to disclose about them. The paper concludes by proposing design solutions supportive of collaborative and preventive strategies in boundary regulation that facilitate the management of disclosure online.
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