Greene John, Burleson Brant. Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills

Routledge Communication Series, Purdue University — Lawrence erlbaum associates, inc., Publishers, 2003 — 1050 pages — ISBN10: 0805834184, ISBN: 978-0805834185The daunting task of usefully illuminating empirically supported strategies for developing new social skills is met at multiple levels by Greene and Burleson's Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills...Beyond accomplishing a work that is both scholarly and practical, one major value of Greene and Burleson's handbook is the consistent thoughtfulness with which these impressive contributors engaged in forward skills-thinking, suggesting the stage for future scholarship and pedagogy in social skills research...Readers of this handbook will find that their abilities to understand, teach, and personally enact new relational communication skills will be provoked, enriched, and challenged
—Communication Research TrendsGeneral Theortical and Methodological Issues
Explicating Communicative Competence As a Theoretical Term
Models of Adult Communication Skill Acquisition: Practice and the Course of Performance Improvement
Methods of Interpersonal Skill Assessment
Methods of Social Skills Training and Development
Fundamental Interaction Skills
Nonverbal Communication Skills
Applying the Skills Concept to Discourse and Conversation: The Remediation of Performance Defects in Talk-in-Interaction
Message Production Skill in Social Interaction
Message Reception Skills in Social Communication
Impression Management: Goals, Strategies, and Skills
Function-Focused Communication Skills
Informing and Explaining Skills: Theory and Research on Informative Communication
Arguing Skill
Persuasion As a Social Skill
Managing Interpersonal Conflict: A Model of Events
Emotional Support Skills
How to "Do Things" With Narrative: A Communication Perspective on Narrative Skill
Skills in Close Personal Relationships
Friendship Interaction Skills Across the Life-Span
Accomplishing Romantic Relationships
Communication Skills in Couples: A Review and Discussion of Emerging Perspectives
Parenting Skills and Social--Communicative Competence in Childhood
Skills in Public and Professional Contexts
20 Negotiation Skills
Communication Skills for Group Decision Making
Skillfully Instructing Learners: How Communicators Effectively Convey Messages
Interpersonal Communication Skills in Health
New Directions in Intercultural Communication Competence: the Process Model
Author Index
Subject Index