Kevin Floyd
Biographic Data
| ID | 629913 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Floyd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Floyd |
| SIGNATURE | FLOYD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0664-0418 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 69 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 355 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 69 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Affectionate Communication in Romantic Relationships: Are Relative Levels or Absolute Levels More Consequential
Saying the Wrong Thing or Saying Nothing at All: Comparing Outcomes of Nonsupport Versus Low Person-Centered Emotional Support Messages
This study used expectancy violations theory as a framework to test whether nonsupport (i.e. not receiving support that was expected) is worse than receiving a low person-centered emotional support message. Participants were 886 U.S. adults who were census-matched based on age, sex, and ethnicity who participated in a survey experiment. Results showed that when providing emotional support to someone who suffered an injury, nonsupport generated le…
Covid anxiety and mental wellness: The mediating roles of avoidance behaviors, affection deprivation, and received affection
Even in a post-pandemic world, individuals are still reporting feeling levels of anxiety related to COVID. The current study uses affection exchange theory to build a theoretic model relating COVID anxiety to COVID avoidance behaviors, affection deprivation/received affection, and aspects of mental wellness such as loneliness and depression. We assessed both direct and indirect effects in that model by collecting a Census-matched set of participa…
Interpersonal Loneliness Predicts the Frequency and Intensity of Nightmares: An Examination of Theoretic Mechanisms
The evolutionary theory of loneliness (ETL) argues that human belongingness is essential to survival and failing to meet belongingness needs constitutes a threat to viability. In two separate studies (total N = 1,609), links between loneliness and nightmares were examined as a test of ETL postulates. As hypothesized, loneliness predicted nightmare frequency (both studies) and nightmare intensity (Study Two only). Although stress mediated the rela…
Optimizing Interprofessional Resources in Primary Care through a Primary Care Neighbourhood Network
Join us for an engaging networking session where we explore the innovative Primary Care Neighbourhood Network (PCNN) model being implemented in the Peel region of Ontario. This session is your chance to connect with diverse health leaders and stakeholders, share your expertise, and discuss the future of interprofessional collaboration in primary care and share any insights and lessons learned from other jurisdictions or partners. Designed to incr…
Communication behaviors that facilitate the detection of loneliness
Testing the Cultural Scope of Affection Exchange Theory in Slovakia
We examined the cultural scope of affection exchange theory. Specifically, we tested the postulates that trait affection given and received covary with indicators of psychological well-being and that highly affectionate individuals are relationally advantaged. The sample consisted of 326 college-attending adult Slovaks. Correlational analyses supported the predicted associations between trait affection and depression, loneliness, stress, general …
Lipidemic Effects of Kissing are Mediated by Stress: Results from a National Probability Sample
Previous studies have identified associations between affectionate communication and blood lipid levels but been limited by small, homogenous samples and failed replication attempts. Moreover, no study has tested the prediction derived from affection exchange theory that stress mediates the association between affectionate behavior and health. Using secondary analyses of data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Refresher study Biomarker…
Affectionate communication, health, and relationships
A robust body of research attests to the mental and physical health correlates and consequences of affectionate communication. Like much research on personal relationships, however, this work may overrepresent certain portions of the population, may underrepresent others, and may not effectively account for intersections of identities. We define intersectionality as comprising the unique effects of two or more social identities interacting with e…
Affection deprivation is more aversive than excessive affection: A test of affection exchange theory
Affection exchange theory predicts that both excessive affection and affection deprivation are associated with poorer health, compared with receiving the level of affectionate communication that one desires. A similar yet‐untested prediction is that affection deprivation is more aversive than excessive affection. This preregistered study tested both hypotheses on a battery of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression, loneliness, …
Mixed Messages: II. Outcomes Associated with the Proportion and Placement of Negative Statements in Support Messages
Few studies on emotional support have investigated mixed messages – instances when emotional support messages contain both positive and negative statements. Although researchers have recognized that mixed messages occur, most supportive communication research has ignored these ambivalent messages. We contend based on the negativity bias that the more negative statements that occur in an emotional support message, the less effective the message is…
How Americans communicate affection: Findings from a representative national sample
Humans are highly social beings who need intimate relationships to thrive and survive. Integral to human physical and emotional wellness is the need for affection. A substantial body of evidence has found that expressing and receiving affection with significant others is associated with a multitude of positive health outcomes. The primary goal of the current study was to create a generalizable typology of affectionate behaviors embedded within cl…
Examining the Moderating Influence of Relationship Satisfaction on Affection and Trust, Closeness, Stress, and Depression
This study sought to explore whether relationship satisfaction moderated the relationship between affection and individual health (i.e., depression and stress) and affection and relational well-being (i.e., trust and closeness). The sample (N = 631) was comprised of predominantly female non-married Southwestern college students. Relationship satisfaction did not interact with the relationship between affection and trust, affection and closeness, …
Exploring the associations between unwanted affection, stress, and anxiety
Although giving and receiving affection are beneficial, the benefits often depend on who is providing the affection and in what context. Some affectionate expressions may even reduce well-being. This mixed-method study examined perceptions of unwanted affection and its relationship to stress and anxiety. Participants described a memory of unwanted affection and their reactions to it. Additionally, participants reported on their stress, somatic an…
Loneliness and social monitoring: A conceptual replication of Knowles et al
Contrary to the claim that loneliness routinely impairs the decoding of social cues such as emotion displays, Knowles, Lucas, Baumeister, and Gardner (2015) proposed that lonely adults “choke under pressure,” experiencing impairments only when social monitoring is framed as diagnostic of general social skill. In four experiments, Knowles et al. showed that lonely individuals performed worse than nonlonely individuals at decoding social cues when …
Heritability of affectionate communication: A twins study
Using a twin study design, we explored the extent to which affectionate communication is a heritable behavioral trait. Participants (N = 928) were 464 adult twin pairs (229 monozygotic, 235 dizygotic) who provided data on their affectionate communication behaviors. Through ACE modeling, we determined that approximately 45% of the variance in trait expressed affectionate communication is heritable, whereas 21% of the variance in trait received aff…
Affectionate communication and health: A meta-analysis
A robust literature documents the health benefits of affectionate communication. The present study offers a meta-analysis of this literature to estimate general effects of affectionate communication on several areas of health, including cardiovascular, stress hormonal, stress reactivity, and mental health. We also examined potential moderators, including the type of affectionate communication and sex, while predicting that the benefits of express…
Fazendo história: Marxismo, Teoria Queer E Contradição No Futuro Dos Estudos Estadunidenses
O artigo situa as tensões teóricas e metodológicas das perspectivas queer e marxista no contexto do desenvolvimento recente do capitalismo dos EUA. O desenvolvimento material e ideológico das formas taylorista e fordista (desenvolvimento de tecnologias de produção e estímulo ao consumo de massa) tem relação direta com a reificação do erótico, pois a indução ao consumo teria levadoa uma autonomização sem precedentes do desejo sexual. A base materi…
Affection substitution: The effect of pornography consumption on close relationships
Scholars have stated that humans have a fundamental need to belong, but less is known about whether individuals can use other resources to substitute for close relationships. In this study, 357 adults reported their level of affection deprivation, their weekly pornography consumption, their goals for using pornography (including life satisfaction and loneliness reduction), and indicators of their individual and relational wellness. We hypothesize…
Affectionate Communication Is Associated With Emotional and Relational Resources in the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship
Grounded in affection exchange theory (AET; Floyd, 2006), this study examined the extent to which affection received from grandparents is associated with grandchildren’s perceptions of their grandparents and their grandparent-grandchild relationship (in the form of emotional closeness, shared family identity, and perceived availability of social support). Young adult grandchildren (N = 171) completed several instruments in reference to their rela…
Thanks, but no thanks: Negotiating face threats when rejecting offers of unwanted social support
Social support is a vital component of well-being and a principal benefit of having close, positive personal relationships. When offers of social support are perceived as unwanted or burdensome by recipients, however, they can carry implicit threats to the recipients' positive and negative face needs. Moreover, declining such offers requires recipients to manage probable face threats to providers. The present study explored offers of undesired so…
Automatic Subjects
Critical analysis of the biotechnological reproduction of biological life increasingly emphasises the role of value-producing labour in biotechnologically reproductive processes, while also arguing that Marx’s use of the terms ‘labour’ and ‘value’ is inadequate to the critical scrutiny of these processes. Focusing especially on the reformulation of the value-labour relation in recent work in this area by Melinda Cooper and Catherine Waldby, this …
Communication, Biology, and Physiology: An Introduction to the Special Issue
As perhaps the most social of all the social primates, humans have an undeniable stake in regulating their communicative behavior, from the intrapersonal level to the global level. Communication is
Autonomy in a Time of Terror
Book Review| October 01 2015 Autonomy in a Time of Terror Fires on the Border: The Passionate Politics of Labor Organizing on the Mexican Frontera. Hennessy, Rosemary. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013. xxvi + 301 pp. Kevin Floyd Kevin Floyd Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2015) 21 (4): 673–675. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3123761 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo …
Taking Stock of Research Practices: A Call for Self-Reflection
My very first assignment in graduate school was to find and critique an article from Communication Monographs. Ever since, I have considered Monographs to be at the forefront of scholarly excellenc
Meanings for Closeness and Intimacy in Friendship
Closeness and intimacy are fundamental, but poorly defined, concepts in the study of personal relationships. We sought to contribute to a more precise understanding of closeness and intimacy by first examining participants' meanings for closeness in friendships, and then by comparing meanings for closeness with participants' meanings for intimacy. In a self-report survey 270 college students were asked what made their same-sex and cross-sex frien…
Affection received from fathers as a predictor of men's affection with their own sons: Tests of the modeling and compensation hypotheses
The present study takes a developmental approach to predicting the amount of affectionate communication fathers give their own sons by examining the amount of affection men received from their own fathers. Two developmental orientations are addressed: the modeling hypothesis, which predicts that positive behavior patterns exhibited by parents will be replicated in their children's own parenting, and the compensation hypothesis, which predicts tha…
Making Friends in Cyberspace
Affectionate Writing Reduces Total Cholesterol: Two Randomized, Controlled Trials
Journal Article Affectionate Writing Reduces Total Cholesterol: Two Randomized, Controlled Trials Get access Kory Floyd, Kory Floyd 1Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1205 1Kory Floyd; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Alan C. Mikkelson, Alan C. Mikkelson 2Department of Communication Studies, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA 99251 Search for other works by this…
Affectionate Communication Received from Spouses Predicts Stress Hormone Levels in Healthy Adults
Recent research on the communication of affection illuminates its implications for mental and physical health. In particular, affectionate communication has been shown to covary with healthy hormonal variation and accelerated recovery from stress. The present study focuses on the association between marital affection and hormonal markers of stress regulation, including cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S), and their ratio. Twenty hea…
Affectionate Behavior in Adult Platonic Friendships Interpreting and Evaluating Expectancy Violations
Affection is a central component of communicative processes in close personal relationships. Despite its importance, however, individuals expressing affection can incur a number of interpersonal risks, especially in nonromantic relationships where opportunities for misattribution on the part of the recipient may be high. Therefore, it is important to understand individuals' expect at ions for the kind and intensity of affectionate behavior they a…
Queer Studies, Materialism, and Crisis
Research Article| January 01 2012 Queer Studies, Materialism, and Crisis: A Roundtable Discussion Christina Crosby; Christina Crosby Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Lisa Duggan; Lisa Duggan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Roderick Ferguson; Roderick Ferguson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kevin Floyd; Kevin Floyd Search for other works by this author on: This Site G…
Affectionate experience mediates the effects of alexithymia on mental health and interpersonal relationships
Affection has long been found to be a foundational force in any sort of human relationship, influencing such areas as relational closeness, stress, and depression. One psychological condition that may influence the communication of affection is alexithymia, which hinders the ability of an individual both to experience and to express emotion. On the basis of affection exchange theory, we hypothesized a mediating effect of affectionate communicatio…
Human Affection Exchange: I. Reproductive Probability as a Predictor of Men's Affection with Their Sons
The present study examines the communication of affection in men's relationships with their fathers and with their sons. Drawing from affection exchange theory and contemporary theorizing about fatherhood, three predictions are advanced: 1) heterosexual men receive more affection from their fathers than do homosexual or bisexual men; 2) fathers communicate affection to their sons more through the use of supportive activities than through direct v…
Affectionate communication and health: A meta-analysis
A robust literature documents the health benefits of affectionate communication. The present study offers a meta-analysis of this literature to estimate general effects of affectionate communication on several areas of health, including cardiovascular, stress hormonal, stress reactivity, and mental health. We also examined potential moderators, including the type of affectionate communication and sex, while predicting that the benefits of express…
Reacting to nonverbal expressions of liking: A test of interaction adaptation theory
An intuitive notion regarding expressions of liking is that they are consistently associated with positive relational outcomes. However, when such expressions go unreciprocated, they can leave the sender in a face‐compromising position and may end up damaging the relationship. The current experiment applied interaction adaptation theory to the task of predicting when nonverbal expressions of liking will be reciprocated Ninety‐six adults were pair…
Affection substitution: The effect of pornography consumption on close relationships
Scholars have stated that humans have a fundamental need to belong, but less is known about whether individuals can use other resources to substitute for close relationships. In this study, 357 adults reported their level of affection deprivation, their weekly pornography consumption, their goals for using pornography (including life satisfaction and loneliness reduction), and indicators of their individual and relational wellness. We hypothesize…
Does Participation Affect Deception Success? A Test of the Interactivity Principle
Communication episodes may range from highly interactive to noninteractive. The principle of interactivity refers to the constellation of structural and experiential features associated with interactivity that systematically affect communication processes and outcomes. One such feature is degree of participation. In deceptive interchanges, senders may engage in dialogic (high participation, two-way) or monologic (low participation, one-way) commu…
Thanks, but no thanks: Negotiating face threats when rejecting offers of unwanted social support
Social support is a vital component of well-being and a principal benefit of having close, positive personal relationships. When offers of social support are perceived as unwanted or burdensome by recipients, however, they can carry implicit threats to the recipients' positive and negative face needs. Moreover, declining such offers requires recipients to manage probable face threats to providers. The present study explored offers of undesired so…
State and Trait Affectionate Communication Buffer Adults' Stress Reactions
The present study tested the prediction that affectionate communication is positively associated with the release of oxytocin in response to stressors. One hundred participants completed questionnaire measures about their personal relationships prior to participation in a laboratory session that included a series of standard laboratory stressors. Both state and trait affectionate communication predicted increases in oxytocin during exposure to st…
I Love You, Man”: Overt Expressions of Affection in Male Male Interaction
Does Participation Affect Deception Success: A Test of the Interactivity Principle
Communication episodes may range from highly interactive to noninteractive. The principle of interactivity refers to the constellation of structural and experiential features associated with interactivity that systematically affect communication processes and outcomes. One such feature is degree of participation. In deceptive interchanges, senders may engage in dialogic (high participation, two-way) or monologic (low participation, one-way) commu…
Affectionate Communication Is Associated With Emotional and Relational Resources in the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship
Grounded in affection exchange theory (AET; Floyd, 2006), this study examined the extent to which affection received from grandparents is associated with grandchildren’s perceptions of their grandparents and their grandparent-grandchild relationship (in the form of emotional closeness, shared family identity, and perceived availability of social support). Young adult grandchildren (N = 171) completed several instruments in reference to their rela…
Fathers' and sons' reports of fathers' affectionate communication: Implications of a naïve theory of affection
According to Robey, Cohen, and Epstein (1988), children may hold a naïve theory of affection, whereby they believe that their parents' affection for them is a finite resource for which they must compete against their siblings. Parents, conversely, are unlikely to view their own affection in the same way. Although research on naïve theories is often conducted with youngsters, we speculated that even adult children may perceive that they compete wi…
Differential Solicitude of Social Support in Different Types of Adult Sibling Relationships
The sibling relationship is one of the longest relationships in people's lives, and it is one of the most diverse as it occurs in many different forms. The current investigation seeks to identify differences in the amount of social support received in adult sibling relationships. The sample consisted of 411 participants in 6 different types of sibling relationships: identical twins, fraternal twins, full biological siblings, half-biological sibli…
Making History: Marxism, Queer Theory, and Contradiction in the Future of American Studies
The entanglement of capital with a range of marginalized sexualities is today more widespread, entrenched, and complex than ever. Village Voice writer Guy Trebay remarked a few years ago, for example, on the palpable homoeroticism and unprecedented visibility of a well-known series of underwear ads by speculating that America is being outed by Calvin Klein (18). Whatever one thinks of Trebay's hyperbolic suggestion in the editorial Marky's Mark t…
Exploring the associations between unwanted affection, stress, and anxiety
Although giving and receiving affection are beneficial, the benefits often depend on who is providing the affection and in what context. Some affectionate expressions may even reduce well-being. This mixed-method study examined perceptions of unwanted affection and its relationship to stress and anxiety. Participants described a memory of unwanted affection and their reactions to it. Additionally, participants reported on their stress, somatic an…
Automatic Subjects
Critical analysis of the biotechnological reproduction of biological life increasingly emphasises the role of value-producing labour in biotechnologically reproductive processes, while also arguing that Marx’s use of the terms ‘labour’ and ‘value’ is inadequate to the critical scrutiny of these processes. Focusing especially on the reformulation of the value-labour relation in recent work in this area by Melinda Cooper and Catherine Waldby, this …
Applications of the Theory of Natural Selection to the Study of Family Communication
If one's goal is to account for patterns of variation in the communicative behaviors of family relationships, then we contend that no single theory explains as many aspects of family interaction, or explains them with as much depth, as does Darwin's (1859) theory of natural selection. In this article, we delineate the major precepts of the theory (and of associated theories that have been derived from it) and apply them to a number of relational …
Examining the Moderating Influence of Relationship Satisfaction on Affection and Trust, Closeness, Stress, and Depression
This study sought to explore whether relationship satisfaction moderated the relationship between affection and individual health (i.e., depression and stress) and affection and relational well-being (i.e., trust and closeness). The sample (N = 631) was comprised of predominantly female non-married Southwestern college students. Relationship satisfaction did not interact with the relationship between affection and trust, affection and closeness, …
Perceptions of Gender Similarities and Differences of Fifth-Grade Students
In the present study, 36 fifth-grade students indicated their perceptions of how men and women are the same and how they are different, following Nemerowicz's 1979 work. Responses were coded into the categories employed by Nemerowicz, who asked these two questions, and into new categories where needed. Subjects' perceptions were compared with those identified by Nemerowicz to see how such perceptions have changed since 1979
Making Friends in Cyberspace
Journal Article Making Friends in Cyberspace Get access Malcolm R. Parks, Malcolm R. Parks 1Malcolm Parks (PhD, Michigan State University, 1976) is associate professor of Speech Communication at the University of Washington. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kory Floyd Kory Floyd 2Kory Floyd is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of Arizona. Search for other works by this …
Brotherly love I: The experience of closeness in the fraternal dyad
The present research explicates the experience of closeness in dyadic relationships between brothers. A total of 160 respondents comprising 80 intact brother dyads described situations or events in which they felt particularly close to each other. Phenomenological analyses identified five themes characterizing the experience of closeness among brothers: shared conversation, solidarity, companionship, shared perceptions and memories, and surviving…
Meanings for Closeness and Intimacy in Friendship
Closeness and intimacy are fundamental, but poorly defined, concepts in the study of personal relationships. We sought to contribute to a more precise understanding of closeness and intimacy by first examining participants' meanings for closeness in friendships, and then by comparing meanings for closeness with participants' meanings for intimacy. In a self-report survey 270 college students were asked what made their same-sex and cross-sex frien…
The measurement of affectionate communication
Affection is central to the communicative processes of personal relationships. While several empirical investigations have examined the communication of affection, there is little consistency from study to study in how affectionate communication is operationally defined, making it difficult to interpret the findings of such research and to compare findings across studies. The present paper reports the results of a multi‐phase scale development pr…
Making History: Marxism, Queer Theory, and Contradiction in the Future of American Studies
The entanglement of capital with a range of marginalized sexualities is today more widespread, entrenched, and complex than ever. Village Voice writer Guy Trebay remarked a few years ago, for example, on the palpable homoeroticism and unprecedented visibility of a well-known series of underwear ads by speculating that America is being outed by Calvin Klein (18). Whatever one thinks of Trebay's hyperbolic suggestion in the editorial Marky's Mark t…
I Love You, Man”: Overt Expressions of Affection in Male Male Interaction
Reacting to nonverbal expressions of liking: A test of interaction adaptation theory
An intuitive notion regarding expressions of liking is that they are consistently associated with positive relational outcomes. However, when such expressions go unreciprocated, they can leave the sender in a face‐compromising position and may end up damaging the relationship. The current experiment applied interaction adaptation theory to the task of predicting when nonverbal expressions of liking will be reciprocated Ninety‐six adults were pair…
Affectionate Behavior in Adult Platonic Friendships Interpreting and Evaluating Expectancy Violations
Affection is a central component of communicative processes in close personal relationships. Despite its importance, however, individuals expressing affection can incur a number of interpersonal risks, especially in nonromantic relationships where opportunities for misattribution on the part of the recipient may be high. Therefore, it is important to understand individuals' expect at ions for the kind and intensity of affectionate behavior they a…
Affection received from fathers as a predictor of men's affection with their own sons: Tests of the modeling and compensation hypotheses
The present study takes a developmental approach to predicting the amount of affectionate communication fathers give their own sons by examining the amount of affection men received from their own fathers. Two developmental orientations are addressed: the modeling hypothesis, which predicts that positive behavior patterns exhibited by parents will be replicated in their children's own parenting, and the compensation hypothesis, which predicts tha…
Human Affection Exchange: I. Reproductive Probability as a Predictor of Men's Affection with Their Sons
The present study examines the communication of affection in men's relationships with their fathers and with their sons. Drawing from affection exchange theory and contemporary theorizing about fatherhood, three predictions are advanced: 1) heterosexual men receive more affection from their fathers than do homosexual or bisexual men; 2) fathers communicate affection to their sons more through the use of supportive activities than through direct v…
Closing the (Heterosexual) Frontier: Midnight Cowboy as National Allegory
John Schlesinger's 1969 Hollywood film Midnight Cowboy allegorically registers and articulates three of the film's broad historical contexts. In deterritorializing the figure of the cowboy, the film narrative allegorizes, simultaneously, the crisis of U. S. imperial nationalism produced by the war in Vietnam; an emerging gay liberation movement's challenge to traditional forms of heterosexual — and national — masculinity; and the moment of global…
Does Participation Affect Deception Success? A Test of the Interactivity Principle
Communication episodes may range from highly interactive to noninteractive. The principle of interactivity refers to the constellation of structural and experiential features associated with interactivity that systematically affect communication processes and outcomes. One such feature is degree of participation. In deceptive interchanges, senders may engage in dialogic (high participation, two-way) or monologic (low participation, one-way) commu…
Rethinking Reification
Research Article| March 01 2001 Rethinking Reification: MARCUSE, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND GAY LIBERATION Kevin Floyd Kevin Floyd Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Social Text (2001) 19 (1 (66)): 103–128. https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-19-1_66-103 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Kevin Floyd; Rethinking Reification: MARCUSE, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND GAY LIBERATION. Social Text 1 March 2001; …
Does Participation Affect Deception Success: A Test of the Interactivity Principle
Communication episodes may range from highly interactive to noninteractive. The principle of interactivity refers to the constellation of structural and experiential features associated with interactivity that systematically affect communication processes and outcomes. One such feature is degree of participation. In deceptive interchanges, senders may engage in dialogic (high participation, two-way) or monologic (low participation, one-way) commu…
Human affection exchange: V. Attributes of the highly affectionate
The present study examines differences in the individual‐and social‐level characteristics of high‐affection and low‐affection communicators. One hundred nine adults completed extensive questionnaires about their happiness, attachment patterns, susceptibility to depression and stress, mental health, social activity, relationship satisfaction, and other variables. Results revealed that highly affectionate people are advantaged in numerous psycholog…
An Introduction to the Uses and Potential Uses of Physiological Measurement in the Study of Family Communication
An Introduction to the Uses and Potential Uses of Physiological Measurement in the Study of Family Communication
Physiological measurement has not been widely used in family communication research, despite numerous associations that exist between physiological markers and communication processes and outcomes. This article discusses some of the most commonly measured physiological markers in the autonomic nervous system and the endocrine system and gives examples of studies that have linked these markers to various aspects of emotion, attachment, and relatio…
Applications of the Theory of Natural Selection to the Study of Family Communication
If one's goal is to account for patterns of variation in the communicative behaviors of family relationships, then we contend that no single theory explains as many aspects of family interaction, or explains them with as much depth, as does Darwin's (1859) theory of natural selection. In this article, we delineate the major precepts of the theory (and of associated theories that have been derived from it) and apply them to a number of relational …
Fathers' and sons' reports of fathers' affectionate communication: Implications of a naïve theory of affection
According to Robey, Cohen, and Epstein (1988), children may hold a naïve theory of affection, whereby they believe that their parents' affection for them is a finite resource for which they must compete against their siblings. Parents, conversely, are unlikely to view their own affection in the same way. Although research on naïve theories is often conducted with youngsters, we speculated that even adult children may perceive that they compete wi…
Communicating Affection: Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context
Few behavioral processes are more central to the development and maintenance of intimate relationships than the communication of affection. Indeed, affectionate expressions often initiate and accelerate relational development. By contrast, their absence in established relationships frequently coincides with relational deterioration. This text explores the scientific research on affection exchange to emerge from the disciplines of communication, s…
Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships
Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships provides a synthesis of research on nonverbal communication as it applies to interpersonal interaction, focusing on the close relationships of friends, family, and romantic partners. Authors Laura K. Guerrero and Kory Floyd support the premise that nonverbal communication is a product of biology, social learning, and relational context. They overview six prominent nonverbal theories and show how each…
Widening the Family Circle: New Research on Family Communication
Introduction: On the Breadth of Family Experience - Kory Floyd and Mark T. Morman What We Know and Don't Know about Communication in Family Relationships Widening the Circle of Family Communication Part A: Family-of-Origin Relationships Introduction - Kory Floyd and Mark T. Morman 1. Communication Over the Life Span: The Mother-Adult Daughter Relationship - Michelle Miller-Day and Carla Fisher Communication and Connection in Mother-Adult Daughter…
Making Friends in Cyberspace
Physiology and human relationships: An introduction to the special issue
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