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| Preface | |
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| Human Communication in Developing Relationships | |
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| Communication: The Lifeblood of Relationships | |
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| Relationship Messages | |
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| Five Important Misconceptions About Communication in Relationships | |
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| How Communication Changes as Our Relationships Develop | |
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| Dimensions of Communication: Patterns and Variations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Stages of Coming Together and Coming Apart | |
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| Types of Relationships | |
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| A Model of Interaction Stages in Relationships | |
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| Interaction Stages | |
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| Movement: In, Out, and Around Stages | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Factors Affecting Human Communication Behavior in Relationships | |
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| The Nature of the Communicators | |
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| The Influence of Interpersonal Needs | |
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| The Role of Interpersonal Needs | |
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| Analyzing Our Own Needs and Those of Others | |
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| Interpersonal Needs Across the Lifespan | |
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| Interpersonal Needs of Females and Males | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Communication Environment: Cultural and Physical | |
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| The Influence of the Cultural Environment | |
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| The Influence of the Immediate Physical Environment or Setting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Interaction Patterns for Coming Together | |
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| The Genesis of Dialogue | |
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| Getting Together | |
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| Sizing Up the Other Person | |
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| The Many Faces of Attraction | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Interaction Rituals | |
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| Communication Rules | |
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| The Rhetoric of Hello | |
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| Forms of Address | |
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| Relationship "Openers" | |
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| Small(?) Talk | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Foundations of Intimate Dialogue | |
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| Types of Love | |
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| Liking Versus Loving | |
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| Intimacy and Close Relationships | |
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| Foundations of Intimacy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Interaction Patterns and the Maintenance of Relationships | |
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| Maintaining Relationships Through Dialogue: Disclosures, Lies, and Fights | |
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| Relationship Maintenance | |
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| Self-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Trust | |
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| Lying | |
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| Constructive Conflict | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Maintaining Relationships Through Dialogue: Commitment and Intimacy | |
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| Commitment and Commitment Talk | |
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| Personal Idioms | |
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| Giving Compliments and Gifts | |
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| Giving Comfort and Advice | |
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| Persuasion | |
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| Sex Talk | |
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| Intimate Play | |
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| Intimacy Without Words | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Interaction Patterns for Coming Apart | |
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| Communication and the Process of Relationship Disengagement | |
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| Terminating Relationships | |
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| Communication During Relationship Decay: Return of the Stranger | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Dialogue of Distance and De-escalation | |
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| Some Potentially Destructive Patterns of Communication: An Interpersonal Chamber of Horrors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Toward More Effective Communication in Relationships | |
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| Evaluating and Developing Effective Communication in Relationships | |
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| The Relativity of Effective Communication | |
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| Perceptions of Effective Communication | |
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| Rx for Effective Communication | |
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| Becoming an Effective Communicator | |
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| Writing Your Own Story | |
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| Communicating Effectively Together | |
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| Summary | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |