The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication presents a comprehensive overview of the theories, concepts and processes that interpersonal communication researchers use to explain a wide variety of social interaction phenomena.

Table of Contents

• Volume I
• A
• Accounts
• Action Assembly Theory
• Actor–Partner Interdependence Model
• Advice
• Affection Exchange Theory
• Affectionate Communication and Personal Outcomes
• Affinity Seeking/Ingratiation Strategies
• Anxiety/Uncertainty Management (AUM) Theory
• Apologies and Apologizing
• Apologies/Forgiveness and Conflict
• Appraisal Theories of Emotion
• Arguing
• Argumentative Skills Deficiency Theory
• Arousal Theories of Interaction Adaptation
• Assertiveness
• Attachment and Conflict in Adult Relationships
• Attachment and Relationships
• Attachment Theory
• Attribution in Conflict
• B
• Bargaining Goals and Plans
• C
• Caregiver Communication
• Causal Modeling: Path Analysis and SEM
• Civility in Political Discourse
• Cognitive Editing
• Cohabitation
• Communal and Exchange Relationships
• Communal Coping
• Communication Accommodation Theory
• Communication among Coworkers
• Communication among In–Laws
• Communication and Bereavement
• Communication and Counterfactual Thinking
• Communication and Employee Retention
• Communication and Family Resilience
• Communication and Mental Health
• Communication and Narcissism
• Communication and Psychological Contracts
• Communication and Telework
• Communication and the Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship
• Communication Apprehension
• Communication Failure/Miscommunication
• Communication in Adoptive Families
• Communication in Families with a Transgender Member
• Communication in Foster Families
• Communication in Immigrant Communities
• Communication in Military Families
• Communication in Service Encounters
• Communication in Single–Parent Families
• Communication in Stepfamilies
• Communication in Support Groups
• Communication in Workplace Teams
• Communication Privacy Management Theory
• Communication Skills Training for Healthcare Providers
• Communication Styles
• Communication, Spirituality, and Health
• Competence in Conflict Management
• Compliance Gaining/Resisting Strategies and Principles
• Confirmatory Factor Analysis
• Conflict and Health
• Conflict Avoidance
• Conflict Escalation
• Conflict Styles and Strategies
• Constructivism
• Convergence/Divergence
• Crisis Negotiation: Getting to Normal
• Cross–Generational Communication
• Cross–Sex Friendships
• Cultural Differences in Bargaining and Negotiation
• D
• Deception Detection Accuracy
• Deceptive Message Production
• Demand–Withdrawal Sequences in Conflict
• Dialectical Tensions in Relationships
• Difficult Conversations
• Disclosing HIV Status
• Distributive Negotiation Strategies
• Divorce
• Doctor–Patient Communication
• Dual–Earner Marriage
• Dual–Process Theory of Supportive Message Outcomes
• Dual–Processing Perspectives
• E
• Emotion and Negotiation
• Emotional Appraisal/Reappraisal in Social Support
• End–of–Life Communication
• Environment and Social Interaction
• Equivocation
• Ethno–Political Conflict
• Evolutionary Perspectives on Affectionate Communication
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Expectancy Violations Theory
• Extramarital Affairs
• Eye Behavior
• Volume II
• F
• Facework
• Facial Expressions
• Facial Feedback Hypothesis
• Family Communication about Genetics
• Family Mediation of Children's Media/Internet Use
• Family Secrets
• Family Stress
• Family Typologies
• Flirting
• Forensic Communication
• Forms of Affectionate Communication
• Friends with Benefits
• Friendships and the Internet
• G
• Gestures and Kinesics
• Goal Understanding in Social Interaction
• Goal Understanding Theory
• Goals–Plan–Action Theory
• Group Argument Structure
• Group Conflict
• Group Decision–Making
• Group Information Sharing
• Guilt and Interpersonal Communication
• H
• Hookups
• Hospital Staff Communication
• Human–Computer Interaction
• Humor
• Hurtful Communication
• I
• Identity Management
• Identity Negotiation Theory
• Imagined Interactions
• Implicit Relationship Theories and Relational Communication
• Implicit Theories
• Impulse Control
• Incivility in the Workplace
• Influence Goals and Plans
• Influence in the Classroom
• Information Manipulation Theory
• Integrative Negotiation Strategies
• Interaction Adaptation Theory
• Intergroup Contact Theory
• Interpersonal Communication and Political Campaigns
• Interpersonal Communication Ethics
• Interpersonal Communication Skill/Competence
• Interpersonal Deception Theory
• Interrogation
• Inter–Racial and Multiethnic Communication
• Intractable Disputes
• Issue Framing
• J
• Jealousy in Interpersonal Communication
• K
• Knowledge Structures and Social Interaction
• L
• Language and Gender
• Leader–Member Exchange Theory
• LGBT Relationships
• Listening
• Loneliness
• Longitudinal Designs and Growth Modeling
• Long–Distance Relationships
• M
• Maladaptive Sequences
• Marital Typologies
• Marshaling Social Support
• Measurement Bias
• Measuring Interpersonal Communication
• Mediation and Moderation Analysis
• Mediation
• Memorable Messages
• Mentor–Protégé Interaction
• Message Design Logics
• Meta–Analysis
• Mindfulness
• Modality Switching
• Models of Relationship Development
• Models of Relationship Disengagement
• Multilevel Modeling
• N
• Nagging
• Narcissism and Communication in Marriage
• Narratives and Social Interaction
• Negotiation Sequences
• Normative Model of Social Support
• O
• Obstacle Hypothesis
• Online Dating
• Online Deception
• Online Disclosure
• Online Gaming
• On–Again/Off–Again Relationships
• P
• Paralanguage
• Parasocial Relationships
• Parental Conflict and Child Functioning
• Parenting Styles/Discipline
• Parent–Infant Communication
• Parent–Adolescent Communication
• Parent–Child Communication
• Pastor–Parishioner Communication
• Perceived Organizational Support
• Performance Feedback
• Physical/Social Attraction
• Volume III
• P
• Physiological Measurement
• Planning Theory
• Politeness and Social Influence
• Politeness Theory
• Political Discussion
• Political Socialization
• Power and Conflict
• Power and Dominance in Nonverbal Communication
• Power and Negotiation
• Power Strategies in Relationships
• Pragmatics of Human Communication
• Predicted Outcome Value Theory
• Problematic Events in Relationships
• Problematic Integration Theory
• Proxemics
• R
• Reciprocity/Compensation in Social Interaction
• Regretted Messages
• Relational and Task Conflict
• Relational Communication about Substance Use
• Relational Communication Ideals and Standards
• Relational Communication Theory
• Relational Dialectics Theory
• Relational Framing Theory
• Relational Turbulence Model
• Relational Turning Points
• Relational Uncertainty
• Relationship Disengagement Strategies
• Relationship Initiation Goals and Plans
• Relationship Maintenance Strategies
• Relationship Transgressions
• Request Production
• Romantic Relationships in the Workplace
• S
• Same–Sex Friendships
• School Bullying
• Self–Construals and Social Interaction
• Self–Disclosure
• Self–Monitoring
• Sequential Analysis of Interaction(LSA/Markov)
• Sequential Request Strategies
• Serial Arguing
• Sexual Communication
• Sexual Harassment
• Sibling Communication
• Silent Treatment
• Social Allergens
• Social Cognitive Theory
• Social Exchange Theories
• Social Identity Theories
• Social Information Processing Theory (CMC)
• Social Network Sites
• Social Networks and Relationships
• Social Penetration Theory
• Sojourner Relationships
• Speechlessness
• Stalking/Obsessive Relational Intrusion
• Structuration Theory
• Supervisor–Subordinate Communication
• Support Types
• Symbolic Interactionism
• T
• Taking Conflict Personally
• Teacher Immediacy in the Classroom
• Television Depictions of the American Family
• Theory of Motivated Information Management
• Therapeutic Communication
• Time Series Analysis (ARIMA, Spectral Analysis)
• Topic Avoidance
• Transcendent Interactions (AAT)
• U
• Uncertainty and Anxiety in Intercultural Encounters
• Uncertainty and Communication in Organizations
• Uncertainty and Relationship Development
• Uncertainty Increasing Strategies
• Uncertainty Management in Health
• Uncertainty Management Theory
• Uncertainty Reduction Strategies
• Uncertainty Reduction Theory
• Understanding and Conflict
• Upward Family Communication about Health
• V
• Verbal Aggressiveness
• Violence, Aggression, and Abuse
• Virtual Communities
• Virtual Teams
• W
• Weak and Strong Tie Relationships
• Workplace Bullying
• Workplace Friendships
• Work–Life Balance within Close Relationships