Reciprocity of Marital Communication

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2933487
AutoresGary R Pike (0000-0002-6757-7352, Department of Communication, Ohio State University), Alan L Sillars (Department of Communication, Ohio State University), Alan Sillars (0000-0003-2138-3437, The Ohio State University)
Año1985
Volumen2
Número3
Páginas303-324
Fecha de publicación1985-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407585023005
OpenAlexW2016486481
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas37

The discussions of seventy-three married couples were analysed for sequential and distributional patterns of paralinguistic affect and verbal conflict. The paralinguistic analyses supported behavioural skills approaches to marital communication: on highly salient topics, less satisfied couples had greater negative reciprocity than more satisfied couples. However, the verbal communication results were inconsistent with prevailing assumptions about effective communication: more satisfied couples had a higher rate of conflict avoidance. Subsequent analyses indicated that the relationship between verbal communication patterns and marital satisfaction depends on a couple's implicit expectations and standards of communication. Non-verbal affective patterns appear to have more general meaning than verbal disclosure and conflict avoidance

Affect (linguistics · Developmental psychology · Interpersonal interaction · Nonverbal communication · Paralanguage · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Salient · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology