A Preliminary Study of Nonverbal Cues and Relational Termination.

Autor/inn/en	Smythe, Mary-Jeanette; Schlueter, David
Titel	A Preliminary Study of Nonverbal Cues and Relational Termination.
Quelle	(1982), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affection; Affective Behavior; Attachment Behavior; Attitude Change; Behavior Change; Behavioral Science Research; College Students; Communication Research; Dating (Social); Females; Higher Education; Interpersonal Relationship; Nonverbal Communication; Sex Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zuneigung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Collegestudent; Kommunikationsforschung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied
Abstract	A preliminary analysis of the nonverbal aspects of developing and deteriorating dating relationships was undertaken to determine what nonverbal behaviors were considered most important in defining such relationships. A checklist of 12 nonverbal behaviors associated with successful dating relationships was given to 100 male and 100 female college students, all of whom had reported having at least one "committed" ("steady") dating relationship. Half of the subjects identified, in rank order of frequency, behaviors on the checklist associated with successful relationships, while the other half used the same checklist to identify in rank order those behaviors indicating the end of a relationship. The results were generally consistent with those reported in previous literature in nonverbal communication. The power of negative nonverbal affect as a discriminator between distressed and nondistressed couples was a major finding, particularly with regard to decreases in eye contact, smiling, and laughter. The data revealed some modest sex differences, mostly in the sequencing of cues for deteriorating relationships. For males, expressions of affect disappeared before displays of affection. (RL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC