Communication Reports articles from June 2003

Communication Reports archives from June 2003

Accommodation and nonaccommodation across the lifespan: perspectives from Thailand, Japan, and the United States of America.
June 22, 2003... This study investigates perceptions of intra- and intergenerational communication among young adults in Thailand. Japan, and the U.S.A. interactions with older adults were reported to be generally more problematic than those with other younger...

"Parent teams" and the everyday interactions of co-parenting in stepfamilies.
June 22, 2003... Family scholars have yet to explore substantially the day-to-day interactions of stepfamily systems. Our focus was on the everyday interactions of parent teams, adults who are coparenting within different stepfamily households, describing the...

Attachment style differences in relational maintenance and conflict behaviors: friends' perceptions.
June 22, 2003... This study explores how attachment style affects individuals' relationship maintenance behaviors and conflict management behaviors as evaluated by their close friend. Findings revealed that friends reported greater relationship satisfaction,...

Worry as a function of public speaking state anxiety type.
June 22, 2003... Although most speakers become progressively more comfortable while presenting public speeches, a process called habituation, many others experience increased psychological discomfort, usually during the first moments of their presentations....

The effect of smiling on helping behavior: smiling and good samaritan behavior.
June 22, 2003... Research has shown that a person receives more help when smiling. Nevertheless, this effect of smiling was only tested when the smiler was requesting help. An experiment was completed in which 8 confederates (4 young men and 4 young women)...