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Communication Reports

Communication Reports
Volume 10(2), 1997

 
CONTENTS
 
Clark Ruth Ann, and Delia, Jesse G. Individuals' preferences for friends' approaches to providing support in distressing situations. 115-121
 
  Examines individuals' preferences for how a friend would provide support in a variety of distressing situations 
 
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social support
distress
conversation
interpersonal
friendship
 
 
Winters Melissa, and Waltman, Michael S. Feminine gender identity and interpersonal cognitive differentiation as correlates of person-centered comforting. 123-132
 
  Assesses the relationship among feminine gender identity, cognitive differentiation, and person-centered comforting 
 
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gender identity
interpersonal
cognition
comforting
support
 
 
Mongeau Paul A., and Schulz, Bobbi E. What he doesn't know won't hurt him (or me): Verbal responses and attributions following sexual infidelity. 143-152
 
  Examines the attributions and verbal messages communicated to the relational partner after sexual infidelity 
 
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sexual infidelity
attributions
relationship
intimacy
marriage
interpersonal
conflict
 
 
Benoit William L., and Drew, Shirley. Appropriateness and effectiveness of image repair strategies. 152-163
 
  Examines fourteen specific strategies to restore a damaged reputation and perceptions of their effectiveness and appropriateness for use in face-threatening interpersonal situations 
 
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image repair
reputation
face
interpersonal
conversation
 
 
Sparks Glenn G., and Pellechia, Marianne. The effect of news stories about UFOs on readers' UFO beliefs: The role of confirming or disconfirming testimony from a scientist. 165-172
 
  Examines the effects of differing versions of a news story and the use of a scientific authority on UFO beliefs 
 
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news
journalism
scientific authority
UFO
mass
 
 
Holladay Sherry, Crutcher, Kim, Gustavson, Karen, Jones, Jennifer, Laughlin, Lori, and McKown, Sherry. Older adults' motives for mediated interpersonal communication: An examination of telephone communication and loneliness. 173-183
 
  Explains telephone communication in terms of its provision of emotional and social support, aid, information, and service and relates its use to older adults and feelings of loneliness 
 
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age
aging
loneliness
telephone
social support
interpersonal
technology
 
 
McKinney Bruce C., Kelly, Lynne, and Duran, Robert L. The relationship between conflict message styles and dimensions of communication competence. 185-196
 
  Examines the relationship between conflict style and communication competence using the Conflict Management Message Style instrument and the Communication Adaptability Scale 
 
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conflict
competence
interpersonal
 
 
Schrader David C. Role relationships, goal structure, and characteristics of interpersonal influence messages. 197-210
 
  Argues for a significant relation between goal structure and influence messages within role relationships 
 
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role
interpersonal
influence
persuasion
 
 
Sutton David. On mythic criticism: A proposed compromise. 211-217
 
  Responds to Rowland's (1990) charge that rhetorical critics misuse the term "myth," offering a compromise position for Rowland's "narrow functional/structural" definition 
 
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myth
mythos
rhetoric
criticism
review
 
 
Jaasma Marjorie A. Classroom communication apprehension: Does being male or female make a difference. 219-228
 
  Examines the effects of student and instructor sex on students' classroom communication apprehension (CCA) 
 
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classroom apprehension
gender
sex
student
instructor
pedagogy
fear
 
 
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