Interpersonal Communication

What Women Know and Feel about Social Support that Men Don't: Two Tests of a Dual-Process Approach to Explaining Sex Differences in Responses to Supportive Messages

Sex differences in responses to supportive communication have been reported frequently, but most explanations of these differences are fragmented or flawed. The present paper proposes a comprehensive...

Relational Messages, Perceptions of Hurt, and Biological Stress Reactions to a Disconfirming Interaction

The study builds on previous hurt research by considering the role of relational messages, utilizing an interaction to observe hurtful conversations, and measuring stress hormone reactivity...

An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of Irritations in Romantic Relationships

This study examined the ways in which actors' appraisals of relational irritations were influenced by their own and their partner's perceptions of relationship characteristics. Individuals...

A Meta-Analytical Review of Family Communication Patterns and their Associations with Information Processing, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Outcomes

This meta-analysis reviews the findings of 56 studies (N = 19,745) examining the associations among family communication patterns (i.e., conversation and conformity orientations) and information...