Handbook_of_Communication and Social Interaction Skills

Contents
Foreword ix
John M. Wiemann
Preface xiii
John O. Greene
Brant R. Burleson
Part I General Theortical and Methodological Issues
1 Explicating Communicative Competence As
a Theoretical Term 03
Steven R. Wilson
Christina M. Sabee
2 Models of Adult Communication Skill Acquisition:
Practice and the Course of Performance Improvement 51
John O. Greene
3 Methods of Interpersonal Skill Assessment 93
Brian H. Spitzberg
4 Methods of Social Skills Training and Development 135
Chris Segrin
Michelle Givertz
Part II Fundamental Interaction Skills
5 Nonverbal Communication Skills 179
Judee K. Burgoon
Aaron E. Bacue
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6 Applying the Skills Concept to Discourse and
Conversation: The Remediation of Performance
Defects in Talk-in-Interaction 221
Robert E. Sanders
7 Message Production Skill in Social Interaction 257
Charles R. Berger
8 Message Reception Skills in Social Communication 291
Robert S. Wyer, Jr.
Rashmi Adaval
9 Impression Management: Goals, Strategies, and Skills 357
Sandra Metts
Erica Grohskopf
Part III Function-Focused Communication Skills
10 Informing and Explaining Skills: Theory and Research
on Informative Communication 403
Katherine E. Rowan
11 Arguing Skill 439
Dale Hample
12 Persuasion As a Social Skill 479
James Price Dillard
Linda J. Marshall
13 Managing Interpersonal Conflict: A Model of Events
Related to Strategic Choices 515
Daniel J. Canary
14 Emotional Support Skills 551
Brant R. Burleson
15 How to “Do Things” With Narrative: A Communication
Perspective on Narrative Skill 595
Jenny Mandelbaum
Part IV Skills in Close Personal Relationships
16 Friendship Interaction Skills Across the Life-Span 637
Wendy Samter
17 Accomplishing Romantic Relationships 685
Kathryn Dindia
Lindsay Timmerman
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18 Communication Skills in Couples: A Review
and Discussion of Emerging Perspectives 723
Adrian B. Kelly
Frank D. Fincham
Steven R. H. Beach
19 Parenting Skills and Social–Communicative Competence
in Childhood 753
Craig H. Hart
Lloyd D. Newell
Susanne Frost Olsen
Part V Skills in Public and Professional Contexts
20 Negotiation Skills 801
Michael E. Roloff
Linda L. Putnam
Lefki Anastasiou
21 Communication Skills for Group Decision Making 835
Dennis S. Gouran
22 Skillfully Instructing Learners: How Communicators
Effectively Convey Messages 871
John A. Daly
Anita L. Vangelisti
23 Interpersonal Communication Skills in Health
Care Contexts 909
Richard L. Street, Jr.
24 New Directions in Intercultural Communication
Competence: the Process Model 935
Christopher Hajek
Howard Giles
Author Index 959
Subject Index 1005