Interpersonal communication in small groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3935554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leon Festinger (University of Michigan), John Thibaut |
| Year | 1951 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-99 |
| Publication date | 1951-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0096-851X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/h0054899 |
| PMID | 14813892 |
| OpenAlex | W2064862044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 100 |
| References cited | 4 |
Major conclusions drawn from experimental work with small face-to-face groups are summarized. The authors report an experimental study in which (1) amount of pressure toward uniformity, and (2) degree to which members perceived the group as homogeneously composed was manipulated. It was found that “
Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Psychology · Social Psychology · Team Dynamics and Performance
Some effects of cooperation and competition upon small group behavior
Decision processes in communication nets
The effect of person-group relationships on conformity processes
Opinion evaluation and affiliation
Reactions to Opinion Deviates as Affected by Affiliation Need (n) and Group Member Interdependence
Sources of Peer Group Homogeneity
Liaison avec le stimulus, niveau d'implication et processus d'influence expérimentale
Group dynamics—neither Hope nor Hoax
A model of short- and long-run mechanisms involved in pressures toward uniformity in groups
An approach to the study of communicative acts
Conceptual orientations of contemporary small group theory
Group cohesiveness as interpersonal attraction
Experimental studies of small groups
Approach and avoidance
Commitment to exposure as a determinant of information receptivity
Some perceptual determinants of perceived similarity, liking, and correctness
Judgmental subjectivity/objectivity and locus of choice in social comparison
Opinion conformity in groups under status threat
Deviant but desirable
Interaction Patterns and Communication Effectiveness in the Marital Context
Measurement of Relative Variation
The relationship of attitude and credibility to comprehension and selective exposure
Structural Balance
Attitudes and Persuasion
Informal social communication.
Structural balance
Attitudes and Attraction
Social Comparison Theory
How individual sensitivities to disagreement shape youth political expression on Facebook
A Formal Theory of Social Power
A formal theory of social power.
Group risk‐taking and group polarization
Communication and Opinion as a Function of Member Attractiveness and Opinion Discrepancy
Similarity as Determinant of Social Influence in Affective Judgments
The Effect of Disruption and Individual Status on Person Perception and Group Attraction
Living systems
The Influence Process in the Presence of Extreme Deviates
Manner of Original Presentation and Subsequent Communication
Effects of Sex of Pressuring Group, Perception of Ability, and Sex of Communicator Influencing Perceived Ability on Conformity of Males and Females
A New Opinion Polarization Index Developed by Integrating Expert Judgments
The Effect of Different Dimensions of Disagreement on the Communication Process in Small Groups
Is There Negative Social Influence? Disentangling Effects of Dissimilarity and Disliking on Opinion Shifts
A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
A Polarized Discourse
The Reevaluation of Information during Group Discussion
A theory of gender’s effect on vote shift with a test based on Turkish elections
The Process of Decision Modification in Small Discussion Groups
The effects of group cohesiveness on decision performance in a simulated marketing environment
Conformity and Norm Formation in Small Groups
Communication Behavior and Coorientational Relations
From Individuals to Group Members
The Dynamics of Opinion Formation
Dimensions of Group Process
Situational Factors In Conformity
The effects of message recipients' power before and after persuasion
Disagreement with others, their credibility, and experienced stress
Social interaction and the self concept
Receptivity to supportive versus nonsupportive communications
Some determinants of self-evaluation
Interpersonal perception and communication in discussion groups of varied attitudinal composition
The role of small groups in mediating the effects of propaganda
Social influence on opinions and the communication of related content
The friend influence in network neighbourhood context on adolescents’ community attachment
Logistic Network Regression for Scalable Analysis of Networks with Joint Edge/Vertex Dynamics
A Test of Six Models of Coorientation
Coorientational Accuracy in Interpersonal and Small Group Discussions
Attitudes toward an agent of uncertainty reduction1
Value, information, and conformity behavior1
The ‘Black Sheep Effect’
The Primacy of the Ingroup
The Social Environment and Mental Health
Resounding Silences
Conformity and cooperation in chicanos
Valence as a measurement of the effectiveness of probation officer-client relationship
The experience and emergence of attitudinal consensus in conversations
Threat(s) and conformity deconstructed
The bystander effect and social control behavior
Perceptions of source efficacy and persuasion
The Deviant Member in Therapy Groups
Cognitive Dissonance and Communication Preferences
Gift-Giving as a Function of Group Standards
Analysis and Measurement of a Situation
Influences on the Decisions of Adolescents
Cross-Cultural Experiments on Threat and Rejection
Interpersonal Choice as a Function of Ascribed Similarity and Definition of the Situation
Self-Other Systems and Deviant Career Patterns
Status, Deviance, and Sanctions
Influence and social comparison as motives for affiliation
Opinion change as a result of effortfully drawing a counterattitudinal conclusion
The impact of individualist and collectivist group norms on evaluations of dissenting group members
Some aspects of deindividuation
A Theoretical Approach to Military Rule in New States
Dissonance and decision-making mistakes in the age of risk
Attitude alignment in close relationships
Being better by being right
Resistance to Change
The Concepts of Role and Status
The Devil Shift
Differential Association as a Hypothesis
Group Attitude Uniformity and Connectivity of Organizational Communication Networks for Production, Innovation, and Maintenance Content
| Unique citing works | 100 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,32 |
| Citation span | 1950 - 2024 (75) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 79 |