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How are we to understand digital objects? How are we to relate ‘cyberspace’ to physical space? This chapter attempts to provide a set of theoretical tools to understand ‘spaces’ of online interaction and what happens within them without resorting to filamentous constructions of ‘disembodied’ online interaction or to the underlying idealistic Cartesian dualism that pervades many of the theoretical positions that ostensibly refute it. To do so, I make connections between cognitive processes of human subjectivity, the embodied, gestural enactments of physical social spaces, and the social interactions that take place in online environments. The crux of the argument is that like identity, meaning and subjectivity are social phenomena: individual cognition requires social interaction. Similarly, social interaction, mediated or immediate, defines our spaces of subjectivity. This connecting of online ‘spaces’ to embodied cognition may provide a way to understand digital objects and the online interactions they enable through a reconsideration of the concept of space.

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- Communication, Interpersonal Communication, New Media, Digital Media

This critical essay describes and demonstrates the uses and unique contributions of performative writing as a form of inquiry into the materialities and mobilities of sociocultural communicative phenom- ena. Embracing an Anzaldu an approach, the author utilizes Mesoamerican Aztec and Chicanx history, iconography, and mythos to argue for an ontological reimaging of where research should begin and end. As a methodological intervention, this article chal- lenges traditional impulses regarding where knowledge generation occurs, which knowledges are valid, and who counts as a valuable knowledge producer. By shifting genres, breaking grammatical rules, and creatively constructing poetics and rhythm (flor y canto), this “flight of the imagination” focuses on what Chicana, Latina, and indi- genous scholars have termed “fleshing the spirit” or “spiriting the flesh.” By embracing the soul work and spirituality of writing, this piece offers an art-based approach to methodological inquiry that functions as a sharp critique of the White capitalist cisheteropatriar- chal structure of higher education that maintains status quo under- standings of knowledge. When rerouting our methodological impulses toward a critical and decolonial telos and embracing the soul and spirit of performative writing, I argue that our first move must be to make an ontological shift in how we see the world and our place in it—we must begin and end with “theories in the flesh.”

- by Robert Gutierrez-Perez
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- History, Chicano Studies, Communication, Intercultural Communication

... Dedicated in loving memory to Cates Anderson Gossett and Linda Murray ... To my friends and colleagues, particularly Sydnye Allen, Silvia Bartolic, Scott Blackwood, Candace Boheme, Lila Bouchet, Maggie Brubaker, Melissa Curran,... more

Within interpersonal and family communication, researchers have tended to construct and describe LGBTQ relationships in regards to a heterosexual norm. A review of recent research reveals the conceptual limitations of this framework, “outing” heteronormativity’s influence on our understandings of non-heterosexual relationships. The author outlines the challenges of “queering” interpersonal and family communication research and argues that feminist theory can contribute to this process by (1) revealing the heteronormative assumptions perpetuated by dyadic models of communication, (2) challenging the public/private bifurcation, (3) complicating notions of identity, and (4) emphasizing intersectionality. The article concludes by discussing the implications a feminist queer perspective holds for interpersonal and family communication pedagogies and research.

- by Roberta Chevrette
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- Interpersonal Communication, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, LGBT Issues
- by George Lekakos
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- Human Computer Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Social impact, Human

« Mets-toi à ma place! » Si souvent, nous croyons y parvenir; si souvent nous devons reconnaître qu’on n’y arrive pas. « Empathie » est le terme qui décrit cet effort, ce désir, cette victoire et cet échec.
Ce livre raconte l’histoire complexe et fascinance de cette idée, parcourant le temps depuis les philosophes grecs jusqu’aux androïdes, et croisant les disciplines comme la philosophie et la psychologie, l’anthropologie et l’hsitoire, l’esthétique et l’éthique, les études culturelles et les neurosciences.

- by Andrea Pinotti
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- Cultural Studies, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

People abused by angry discipline as children, may tend to abuse or overly punish other people or themselves for perceived wrongs in their adult life. In some individuals, aggressive personality traits may be genetically inherited. The aggressive personality may feel weakened by having guidelines or boundaries for anger. Anger is a normal human emotion, and these guidelines can help express anger in a healthy way.

- by David Ryfe
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- Sociology, Interpersonal Communication, Rhetoric, Narrative

Rituals are widely studied in interpersonal communication research, but no instrument for assessing the preceived use of rituals among couples in committed romantic relationships exists. The purpose of this investigation was to create and validate such a measure (Rituals in Committed Romantic Relationships; RCRR). Five-hundred-sixty individuals in committed romantic relationships responded to a 50-item questionnaire that measured 5 sets of rituals pertaining to daily routines and tasks, idiosyncratic behavior, everyday talk, intimacy, and ...

- by Judy Pearson
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- Sociology, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Studies, Romantic Relationship
- by Harry Levitt
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- Discourse Analysis, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Interpersonal Communication
- by Gunnel Backenroth
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- Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Sign Language, Rehabilitation

Social interaction with peers and the understanding and feelings of loneliness were examined in 18 high-functioning children with autism and 17 typically developing children matched for IQ, chronological age, gender, and maternal education. Observations were conducted on children's spontaneous social initiations and responses to their peers in natural settings such as recess and snack time, and children reported on their

- by Nirit Bauminger Zviely
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- Psychology, Education, Interpersonal Communication, Autism

Children with developmental disabilities often converse less frequently than their developmentally matched peers. This low conversational participation can cause problems for the children’s future language and discourse development. The purpose of this experimental study was to test the hypothesis that adult topic-continuing wh-questions would elicit topic continuations in children with relatively low language ability, but not in children with relatively high language ability. Twenty-three children with developmental delays interacted with an adult who conducted two play sessions. In each session, the adult used a different interaction style. The two styles differed in the adult’s use of topic-continuing wh-questions. Results indicate that adult use of topic-continuing wh-questions supported the use of child continuations in children at all language levels. The type of continuations (single word versus multiword) that were elicited depended on the language level of the children. Cli...

- by Patricia Alvarez McHatton and +1
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- Sociology, Interpersonal Communication, Ethnic Identity, Ethnicity

This study sought to identify barriers and facilitators to dental care among families of predominately low socioeconomic status having children with and without HIV. Twelve focus group sessions with African-American and Hispanic caregivers and 18 individual semistructured interviews with key informant health care providers were held at two sites: a hospital-based program (HBP) and a dental school-based program (DSBP), that provide pediatric dental services. SPSS Textsmart software was used to analyze qualitative data within and across group types and sites. Focus group participants (n = 72, averaging 6 women per group) included: HIV-seropositive biological mothers of HIV-seropositive children (4 groups); HIV-seronegative caregivers of HIV-seropositive children (4 groups); and Medicaid-eligible, HIV-seronegative caregivers of HIV-seronegative children (4 groups). The most commonly expressed barrier to dental care across groups was poor interpersonal communication between dental staff...

- by Hillary Broder
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- Dentistry, Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Focus Groups
- by Belén Martinez-Ferrer and +2
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- Psychology, Interpersonal Communication, Academic achievement, Family Functioning
- by M Renee Patrick
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- Psychology, Cognitive Science, Communication, Interpersonal Communication

Empirical studies of citizen communication networks and participation go as far back as the 1940s, with a bolder focus in political—not civic—activities. A consistent finding reveals that individuals with larger networks are more engaged than those with smaller networks. This article expands this line of work with a number of novel tests. First, it compares the predictive power of online

In psychiatric care professionals perceive some patients as 'difficult', especially patients with long-term non-psychotic disorders. For these patients few evidence-based treatments exist. An intervention program, Interpersonal Community Psychiatric Treatment (ICPT), was developed by the authors. It was evaluated with the aim to increase effective behaviours by both patients and community psychiatric nurses (CPNs). To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of an intervention program for use by CPNs in the care of 'difficult' patients with non-psychotic chronic disorders, in a controlled pilot study. A mixed-methods quasi-experimental study using process and outcome measures across several dimensions. Measurements took place at 0, 3, and 6 months. Three community mental health centres in the centre of The Netherlands. 14 CPNs and 36 long-term non-psychotic patients who were perceived as 'difficult' were selected. Patients were offered either ICPT (20) or car...

- by Giel Hutschemaekers
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- Nursing, Interpersonal Communication, Mental Health nursing, Long Term Care

A growing literature illuminates the biological and evolutionary antecedents, consequences, and correlates of communication behavior. With few exceptions, however, the research is conducted outside of the communication discipline and remains unknown within the communication field. This essay offers illustrative literature reviews for several communicative behaviors and argues that the communication discipline should embrace, rather than ignore, the bioevolutionary factors involved in human social behavior.

- by Kuei-Ru Chou
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- Program Evaluation, Nursing, Interpersonal Communication, Nonparametric Statistics
- by Tony Docan-Morgan
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- Interpersonal Communication, Daoist Philosophy, Daoism, Compassion
- by Linda Garcia and +1
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- Psychology, Cognitive Science, Communication, Interpersonal Communication
- by Inge B. Wissink and +1
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- Psychology, Interpersonal Communication, Attribution Theory, Interaction

Prior research has not conclusively established how individuals’ social exchange orientation (EO) affects their communication in, and satisfaction with, romantic relationships.
Surveying 466 individuals in romantic relationships, we found that concern about being underbenefitted was more strongly correlated with conflict behaviors than concern about overbenefittedness, and that conflict communication influenced the relationship between exchange orientation and relationship satisfaction. We discuss the need for further research to discover how EO may influence communication patterns as relationships develop.

- by Justin P Boren
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- Social Psychology, Interpersonal Communication, Social Sciences, Conflict
- by Taoufik Ben-Amor
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- Interpersonal Communication, Phonology, Arabic, Grammar
- by Taoufik Ben-Amor
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- Interpersonal Communication, Phonology, Arabic, Grammar

How does one create a class where the theoretical concepts emerge through classroom practice and engagement? This is the question that Mariaelena posed to herself when taking over the position of Director of the Interpersonal Communication course at the University of South Florida. In this essay we describe how we worked through a new way of teaching—and doing—interpersonal communication that captures Carey’s (1989) focus on the centrality of process over product. We did so by way of some important tools of what is alternatively known as critical or process pedagogy (e.g., Elbow, 1986; 2013): an interpersonal dynamic that includes ongoing grading, writing to learn, and the portfolio method. This semester-long, process-oriented portfolio assignment is effective and beneficial because it facilitates an important shift in the power dynamic of the classroom by disrupting students’ expectations for evaluation and shifting the learner’s orientation from product to process. We share our po...

- by Luis Radford
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- Semiotics, Psychology, Interpersonal Communication, Research Methodology
- by Arthur Bochner
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- Social Psychology, Interpersonal Communication, Narrative, Autoethnography

Demand/withdraw is a destructive conflict pattern in which one person nags, criticizes, or complains while the target of such demands tries to avoid the issue. This pattern is related to several negative outcomes for relationships and individuals’ well-being. Demand/withdraw is typically studied via individuals self-reporting on conflict behaviors or outside observers rating these behaviors. Several distinct explanations for demand/withdraw have been proposed, and there is at least partial support for each, yet no single perspective explains the pattern fully.

- by John Caughlin
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- Interpersonal Communication, Conflict, Close relationships
- by Jana Staton
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- Marketing, Philosophy, Interpersonal Communication, Creativity
- by Howard Liddle
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- Psychology, Family Therapy, Interpersonal Communication, Conflict Resolution

This study examined the speech act of agreement and disagreement in the ordinary conversation of English-speakers in India. Data were collected in natural speech elicited from educated, bilingual speakers in cross-sex and same-sex conversations in a range of formal and informal settings. Subjects' ages ranged from 19 to about 60. Five agreement strategies were analyzed: (1) direct expression of agreement or stated agreement components; (2) building on the previous speaker's turn; (3) uttering partial and complete repetitions of components in the previous turn; (4) delaying; and (5) hedging. Four disagreement strategies were examined: (1) explicit statement of disagreement or stated disagreement components; (2) softening of disagreement with softened negative statements, honorifics, apologies; (3) delaying; and (4) hedging. These patterns are explained, with examples, and discussed in light of research on politeness behavior. It is noted that while these str,tegies are approp...

- by Peter Lowenberg
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- Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Pragmatics, English
- by samuel dadzie obeng
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- Psychology, Interpersonal Communication, Interaction, Linguistic Theory
- by Joy Duxbury and +2
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- Psychology, Nursing, Interpersonal Communication, Mental Health

Framed by relational dialectics theory, discursive constructions of the meaning of “family” were examined in 100 online foster adoption narratives. Parental narratives manifested struggles between biogenetic and discursive constructions of “family,” identified here as the discourse of biological normativity (DBN) and discourse of constitutive kinning (DCK). The DBN reinscribes the dominant cultural and foster care system preference for biogenetically connected families. The DCK resists the DBN, maintaining that enacted behaviors and shared affections, rather than shared genetics, constitute legitimate families. Contrapuntal analysis revealed a high degree of polemic interplay; both discourses competed to be centered rather than marginalized through the discursive practices of negating, countering, and entertaining. Implications for theorizing definitions of family and studying families in context are discussed

- by Leslie Baxter
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- Sociology, Interpersonal Communication, Family, Adoption