Communication Reports articles from January 2004

Communication Reports archives from January 2004

A meta-analysis of the relationship between social skills and sexual offenders.
January 1, 2004... A meta-analysis examined eleven studies examining the relationship between social skills (communication competence) and whether the person was a sexual offender (rapist, molester, incest offender, pedophile, exhibitionist). After the removal of...

A Comparison of interaction rules and interaction frequency in relationship to marital quality.
January 1, 2004... The purpose of this study is to compare the contributing role of two aspects of social interaction to the quality of marital relationships: the frequency of casual interaction between marital partners versus the quality of social interaction as...

"Is there something I should know?": Topic avoidant responses in parent-adolescent communication.
January 1, 2004... This exploratory study examined late-adolescents' responses to parents' direct requests for information about a topic that the adolescent was trying to avoid. Open-ended questions from 119 participants were analyzed using a grounded theory...

Keeping the score: the hegemonic everyday practices in golf.
January 1, 2004... Because of the taken-for-granted, common sense position, it is often difficult to examine what is naturalized in our culture. Semiotic analysis is one method in which scholars may apply to common everyday practices revealing subtleties about...

Anxiety patterns in employment interviews.
January 1, 2004... Research in public speaking arousal patterns can be used as a framework for understanding the anxiety produced in an employment interview setting. Because heightened levels of anxiety are linked to negative behavioral outcomes, identifying...