Interpersonal Communication Theory and Research: An Overview of Inscrutable Epistemologies and Muddled Concepts

Bochner, Arthur P.; Krueger, Dorothy Lenk

doi:10.1080/23808985.1979.11923761

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“…Scholars widely accept that every communication message has a relational and content component (Bochner & Lenk-Krueger, 1979;Watzlawick, Beavin, & Jackson, 1967). Whereas content messages are the denotative meanings of utterances, relational messages are used by interactants to define their relationships and themselves (Millar & Rogers, 1976).…”

Section: Relational Expectationsmentioning

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Understanding Marital Satisfaction and Couple Type as Functions of Relational Expectations

Kelley

Burgoon

1991

Human Comm Res

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The present study examined the role played by relational expectations in determining marital satisfaction and in discriminating between married couple types. The discrep ancy between one's expectations for his or her spouse's relntiorral behavior and one's perceptions of his or her spouse's actual behavior significantly predicted marital sutisfaction. Discrepancy scoresfor the relational dimensions of intimacy, distance, equality/ trust, dominance, and noncomposurelarousal appear to be most central in predicting satisfaction. While agreement between spouses on relational expectations significantly predicted satisfaction, expectationlperception discrepancies were reoealed to be stronger predictors than agreement scores. There were no dvferences in relational expectations when compared across couple type; however, intimacy and noncomposure/arousul displayed significant diflerences when compared across wives' individual marital type. Overall, intimacy, noncomposurdarousal, and equalityltrust played central roles in understanding marital satisfaction. U nderstanding marital functioning is an issue long pursued by researchers in communication and psychology. Evaluation of marital relationships has taken many forms based on various criteria for determining relational effectiveness. Probably the most frequently used criterion for assessing the functionality of marital relationships is the construct of satisfaction. The satisfaction experienced by each marital partner is considered by most theorists to be the best predictor of marital stability (Lewis & Spanier, 1979).

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Section: Relational Expectationsmentioning

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Understanding Marital Satisfaction and Couple Type as Functions of Relational Expectations

Kelley

Burgoon

1991

Human Comm Res

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“…This possibility is consistent with the suggestion that perceived concealment conveys a relational message of social distance (cf. Bochner & Krueger, 1979) and an indication of a lack of trust or even betrayal (Kowalski et al, 2003). Thus, parents could be reacting to the perception of concealment in ways similar to partners' responses in adult relationships (Finkenauer & Hazam, 2000;Kowalski et al).…”

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“…They commonly feel entitled to conceal the information from their partners and view their concealment as justified and important for the maintenance of the relationship (e.g., Finkenauer & Hazam, 2000;Vangelisti & Caughlin, 1997). Targets of concealment, on the contrary, appear to feel resentment when people they know well persist (or are believed to persist) on withholding certain information from them (e.g., Bochner & Krueger, 1979;Finkenauer, 1998). Being in the target position is associated with relational dissatisfaction (e.g., Caughlin & Golish, 2002;Finkenauer & Hazam).…”

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Perceiving concealment in relationships between parents and adolescents: Links with parental behavior

Finkenauer

Frijns

Engels

et al. 2005

Personal Relationships

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Although concealment in relationships is commonplace, little is known about its implications for the target of concealment. Two large-scale studies among adolescents and their parents tested the central hypothesis that parents' perception of child concealment predicts poorer parenting behaviors toward their child. Further, we investigated whether actual child concealment adds to the prediction of parenting behaviors through an interaction with parental perception of concealment. Study 1 yielded evidence for the hypothesized link, which was independent of actual concealment. Study 2 largely replicated these results for perceptions of both concealment and lying while controlling for perceptions of disclosure. Overall, these results suggest that parents' perception of child concealment coincides with poorer parenting behaviors, regardless of actual child concealment.

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The Search for Communication Skills

Baird¹

1983

ETS Research Report Series

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This review attempts to identify generic competencies in communication that may be amenable to assessment. Concentrating on research based literature, the review examines the models, methods, and research reviews that have been used to study communication. From these sources four areas of skill were identified: listening, empathy, non‐verbal communication, and expressive abilities. The research relating to the definitions of subskills within these areas is discussed, as well as the difficulties in assessing the skills.

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Interpersonal Communication Theory and Research: An Overview of Inscrutable Epistemologies and Muddled Concepts

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

Understanding Marital Satisfaction and Couple Type as Functions of Relational Expectations

Understanding Marital Satisfaction and Couple Type as Functions of Relational Expectations

Perceiving concealment in relationships between parents and adolescents: Links with parental behavior

The Search for Communication Skills

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