Further examination of nonverbal manifestations of interaction involvement

Cegala, Donald J.; Sillars, Alan L.

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“…Also, traditional/interdependent couples used proportionately fewer I and you words than did autonomous couples. Cegala (1989), seeking to identify linguistic correlates of engagement /detachment in communication, found that dyads with high involvement in interaction were characterized by smaller first person ratios than were dyads with low involvement. They concluded that We seemed to be an indicator of a couple’s relationship quality and stability (see also Williams, Atkins, & Christiansen, 2007).…”

Section: Narratives the Language Of Memoriesmentioning

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Is friendship quality reflected in memory narratives?

Tani

Smorti

Peterson

2015

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The purpose of this study was to explore the link between friendship quality and content and structure of autobiographical narratives about friends. Gender differences were investigated as well. A total of 93 Italian undergraduates (51 males and 42 females) were asked to recall memories about their friends. Then, they were requested to write in detail one of their recalled memories. The Network of Relationships Inventory was used to measure the participants’ friendship dimensions. The results showed that males and females express their memories differently depending on the degree to which their friendship relationships are positive or negative. Authors interpret these results in terms of a mirror metaphor because linguistic characteristics of narratives about friends reflect qualitative features of their friendships.

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Section: Narratives the Language Of Memoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is friendship quality reflected in memory narratives?

Tani

Smorti

Peterson

2015

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Proportionately greater use of 'I' has been found to be associated with poorer relationship quality within couples in some research, such as lower marital satisfaction [35] and low involvement in dyadic communicative interaction [36]. These researchers, along with Williams-Baucom, Atkins, Sevier, Eldridge, and Christesen [37], concluded that proportionately greater use of 'We' and lesser use of 'I' seem to be linguistic indicators of higher quality and stability of a couple's relationship.…”

Section: Narratives -The Language Of Memoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Language of Memory: Narrating Memories of Parents and Friends

Smorti¹,

Peterson²,

Tani³

2016

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Abstract:The purpose of this study was to compare narrated memories of parents and friends, recounted by both males and females. A total of 177 Italian undergraduates were asked to recall and to write in detail one relevant memory regarding their relationship with either parents or friends during adolescence. Half of the participants wrote a narrative about parents and half about friends. Narratives were examined using both a content and a lexical linguistic method of analysis.The results showed that the language of memories was substantially influenced by the identity of the social partners that were part of the remembered events. In particular the ratio of negative emotion words to all words and the use of 'I' personal pronouns were higher when participants recounted memory narratives about parents rather than friends, and 'We' was used more in narratives about friends. Gender differences were found as well. The authors interpret the results as suggesting that the language of memory is affected by the type of interpersonal relationship that exists between the narrator and the other participants in the remembered events as well as by the gender of the narrator. In other words, memory narratives both reflect and are influenced by the relationships within which an individual is embedded.

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“…Humans have a large behavioral repertoire of involvement behaviors that they communicate and encode fairly efficiently (Coker & Burgoon, 1987). Individuals have the capacity to signal turn taking through involvement cues (Harrigan, 1985) and to manifest interaction involvement through outwardly directed involvement behaviors (Cegala & Sillars, 1989).…”

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Judge Nonverbal Communication on Trial: Do Mock Trial Jurors Notice?

Burnett

Badzinski

2005

Journal of Communication

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This study investigated jurors' reactions to judges' nonverbal communication in mock trials. Participants in 80 mock juries viewed taped segments of direct and cross examination that varied the judges' level of nonverbal involvement. Comments about the judge were solicited in predeliberation questionnaires and unsolicited comments obtained from dialogue that occurred during mock jury deliberations. The investigation found that jurors are aware of nonverbal cues from judges, particularly negative behaviors. Although the high-and low-involved judges solicited roughly the same number of comments, more negative comments were made about the judge displaying low than high nonverbal involvement. The results also revealed that jurors made more negative comments than positive ones. Overall, jurors are most aware of a judge's lack of involvement and apparent bias. Discussion focuses on ways to minimize the influence of judge nonverbal communication on jurors.

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Further examination of nonverbal manifestations of interaction involvement

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

Is friendship quality reflected in memory narratives?

Is friendship quality reflected in memory narratives?

The Language of Memory: Narrating Memories of Parents and Friends

Judge Nonverbal Communication on Trial: Do Mock Trial Jurors Notice?

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