| Preface | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Fabric of Interpersonal Communication | |
| A First Look at Interpersonal Communication | p. 9 |
| The Interpersonal Imperative | p. 10 |
| Physical Needs | p. 11 |
| Safety Needs | p. 11 |
| Belonging Needs | p. 12 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Missing Socialization | p. 13 |
| Self-Esteem Needs | p. 13 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Interpersonal Communication on the Job | p. 14 |
| Self-Actualization Needs | p. 14 |
| Participating Effectively in a Diverse Society | p. 16 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Communicating in a Multicultural World | p. 16 |
| Everyday Application: Communication and Your Needs | p. 17 |
| Models of Interpersonal Communication | p. 17 |
| Linear Models | p. 18 |
| Interactive Models | p. 18 |
| Transactional Models | p. 19 |
| Defining Interpersonal Communication | p. 20 |
| A Communication Continuum | p. 20 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating in Your Relationships | p. 22 |
| Features of Interpersonal Communication | p. 22 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Poor Interpersonal Communication as the Number One Cause of Divorce | p. 23 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Pillow Talk | p. 28 |
| Everyday Application: Levels of Meaning | p. 28 |
| Principles of Interpersonal Communication | p. 29 |
| We Cannot Not Communicate | p. 29 |
| Interpersonal Communication Is Irreversible | p. 29 |
| Interpersonal Communication Involves Ethical Choices | p. 30 |
| People Construct Meanings in Interpersonal Communication | p. 30 |
| Metacommunication Affects Meanings | p. 31 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Your Metacommunication | p. 33 |
| Interpersonal Communication Develops and Sustains Relationships | p. 34 |
| Interpersonal Communication Is Not a Panacea | p. 34 |
| Interpersonal Communication Effectiveness Can Be Learned | p. 35 |
| Guidelines for Interpersonal Communication Competence | p. 35 |
| Develop a Range of Skills | p. 35 |
| Adapt Communication Appropriately | p. 36 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 37 |
| Everyday Application: Developing Dual Perspective | p. 38 |
| Monitor Your Communication | p. 38 |
| Commit to Effective and Ethical Communication | p. 39 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Communication Competence | p. 39 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 40 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 41 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 41 |
| Key Concepts | p. 42 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 42 |
| Communication and the Creation of Self | p. 43 |
| What Is the Self? | p. 44 |
| The Self Arises in Communication with Others | p. 44 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: What Is the Self? | p. 45 |
| Particular Others | p. 45 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The Role of Fathers in Socializing Children | p. 48 |
| Everyday Application: Reflecting on Reflected Appraisals | p. 49 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Internalizing Rocial Stereotypes | p. 49 |
| Everyday Application: Reflecting on Your Identity Scripts | p. 51 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Attachment Styles and Relationships with Television Characters | p. 53 |
| The Generalized Other | p. 53 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Social Values in Media | p. 53 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The Construction of Race | p. 54 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: A GLAAD Self-Concept | p. 55 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Bruce, Brenda, and David | p. 56 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Caste Counts | p. 57 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Language and Class | p. 58 |
| The Self Is Multidimensional | p. 58 |
| Everyday Application: Reviewing Your Social Comparisons | p. 59 |
| The Self Is a Process | p. 59 |
| Social Perspectives Are Subject to Change | p. 60 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: A Cross-Cultural Look at Sexual Identity | p. 61 |
| Guidelines for Improving Self-Concept | p. 62 |
| Make a Firm Commitment to Personal Growth | p. 62 |
| Gain and Use Knowledge to Support Personal Growth | p. 63 |
| Set Goals That Are Realistic and Fair | p. 65 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: If at First You Don't Succeed | p. 66 |
| Seek Contexts That Support Personal Change | p. 66 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Your Self-Concept | p. 68 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 68 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 70 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 70 |
| Key Concepts | p. 70 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 71 |
| Perception and Communication | p. 72 |
| The Process of Human Perception | p. 73 |
| Selection | p. 73 |
| Organization | p. 75 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: I'm Cablinasian! | p. 76 |
| Everyday Application: Changing Constructs, Changing Perceptions | p. 77 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: "I can't understand the teacher's accent." | p. 78 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: A Script for Romance | p. 79 |
| Everyday Application: Sizing Up Others | p. 79 |
| Interpretation | p. 80 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Self-Serving Attributions and Sports | p. 81 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Thinking Your Way to a Good Relationship | p. 82 |
| Influences on Perception | p. 83 |
| Physiology | p. 83 |
| Age | p. 83 |
| Culture | p. 84 |
| Everyday Application: Cultural Values | p. 85 |
| Roles | p. 87 |
| Cognitive Abilities | p. 87 |
| Self | p. 89 |
| Everyday Application: Discovering Your Implicit Personality Theories | p. 90 |
| Guidelines for Improving Perception and Communication | p. 90 |
| Recognize That All Perceptions Are Partial and Subjective | p. 90 |
| Avoid Mind Reading | p. 91 |
| Check Perceptions with Others | p. 92 |
| Everyday Application: Checking Perceptions | p. 92 |
| Distinguish between Facts and Inferences | p. 93 |
| Guard against the Self-Serving Bias | p. 93 |
| Everyday Application: Using Tentative Language | p. 93 |
| Guard against the Fundamental Attribution Error | p. 94 |
| Monitor Labels | p. 94 |
| Everyday Application: Guarding against the Fundamental Attribution Error | p. 95 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth | p. 96 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 97 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 99 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 99 |
| Key Concepts | p. 100 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 100 |
| The World of Words | p. 101 |
| The Symbolic Nature of Language | p. 102 |
| Language Is Arbitrary | p. 102 |
| Language Is Ambiguous | p. 103 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Technospeak | p. 103 |
| Language Is Abstract | p. 104 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Clearly | p. 104 |
| Principles of Verbal Communication | p. 105 |
| Language and Culture Reflect Each Other | p. 105 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Our Multicultural Language | p. 105 |
| Communication in Everday Life-Diversity: The Whorf-Sapir View of Language | p. 106 |
| The Meanings of Language Are Subjective | p. 107 |
| Language Use Is Rule Guided | p. 108 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Chat Room Etiquette | p. 108 |
| Everyday Application: Communication Rules | p. 109 |
| Punctuation Shapes Meaning | p. 110 |
| Everyday Application: Punctuating Interaction | p. 110 |
| Symbolic Abilities | p. 111 |
| Language Defines | p. 111 |
| Language Evaluates | p. 112 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The First Jewish Candidate for Vice President | p. 113 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Reappropriating Language | p. 114 |
| Language Organizes Perceptions | p. 114 |
| Language Allows Hypothetical Thought | p. 115 |
| Language Allows Self-Reflection | p. 116 |
| Speech Communities | p. 117 |
| Gender Speech Communities | p. 118 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Which Blacks' Black English? | p. 121 |
| Guidelines for Improving Verbal Communication | p. 121 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 121 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Missing the Boat | p. 122 |
| Own Your Feelings and Thoughts | p. 122 |
| Everyday Application: Using / Language | p. 123 |
| Respect What Others Say about Their Feelings and Thoughts | p. 124 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Respecting Others' Experiences | p. 125 |
| Strive for Accuracy and Clarity | p. 125 |
| Everyday Application: Using Concrete Language | p. 125 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 127 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 128 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 129 |
| Key Concepts | p. 129 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 129 |
| The World Beyond Words | p. 131 |
| Defining Nonverbal Communication | p. 132 |
| Similarities between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication | p. 132 |
| Differences between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication | p. 134 |
| Principles of Nonverbal Communication | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication May Supplement or Replace Verbal Communication | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication May Regulate Interaction | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication Often Establishes Relationship-Level Meanings | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication Reflects and Expresses Cultural Values | p. 138 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: "I'll Move When I'm Ready and Not Before!" | p. 138 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Multitasking Time | p. 139 |
| Types of Nonverbal Communication | p. 140 |
| Kinesics | p. 140 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Cultural Differences in Workplace Nonverbal Communication | p. 140 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Closeness | p. 141 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Kinesics to Discourage Assault | p. 142 |
| Haptics | p. 142 |
| Physical Appearance | p. 143 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Help with Eating Disorders | p. 143 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Beauty for Sale | p. 144 |
| Artifacts | p. 144 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Identity Symbols in Military Life | p. 146 |
| Environmental Factors | p. 146 |
| Everyday Application: Artifacts and Identity | p. 146 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Kwanzaa | p. 147 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Environmental Racism | p. 148 |
| Proxemics and Personal Space | p. 148 |
| Everyday Application: What Does Your Space Say? | p. 149 |
| Chronemics | p. 149 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: The Time Bind | p. 150 |
| Paralanguage | p. 150 |
| Everyday Application: Paralinguistic Cues | p. 151 |
| Silence | p. 151 |
| Guidelines for Improving Nonverbal Communication | p. 152 |
| Monitor Your Nonverbal Communication | p. 152 |
| Interpret Others' Nonverbal Communication Tentatively | p. 153 |
| Everyday Application: Using / Language about Nonverbal Behaviors | p. 153 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 155 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 156 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 157 |
| Key Concepts | p. 157 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 157 |
| Mindful Listening | p. 158 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: "The spirit catches you, and you fall down." | p. 160 |
| The Listening Process | p. 160 |
| Mindfulness | p. 161 |
| Physically Receiving Messages | p. 161 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Good Listening = Career Advancement | p. 161 |
| Everyday Application: Being Mindful | p. 162 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Signing as a Foreign Language | p. 162 |
| Selecting and Organizing Material | p. 163 |
| Interpreting Communication | p. 164 |
| Responding | p. 164 |
| Everyday Application: Responsive Listening | p. 165 |
| Remembering | p. 165 |
| Obstacles to Mindful Listening | p. 165 |
| External Obstacles | p. 166 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Technological Overload | p. 167 |
| Internal Obstacles | p. 167 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Listening in a World Dominated by Sight | p. 170 |
| Forms of Nonlistening | p. 170 |
| Pseudolistening | p. 171 |
| Monopolizing | p. 171 |
| Selective Listening | p. 173 |
| Defensive Listening | p. 173 |
| Ambushing | p. 173 |
| Literal Listening | p. 174 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Your Nonlistening Habits | p. 174 |
| Adapting Listening to Communication Goals | p. 175 |
| Listening for Pleasure | p. 175 |
| Listening for Information | p. 175 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Your Retention | p. 176 |
| Listening to Support Others | p. 177 |
| Everyday Application: Learning to Paraphrase | p. 178 |
| Everyday Application: Using Minimal Encouragers | p. 179 |
| Guidelines for Effective Listening | p. 180 |
| Be Mindful | p. 180 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: More on Developing Listening Skills | p. 180 |
| Adapt Listening Appropriately | p. 180 |
| Listen Actively | p. 181 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 181 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 183 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 183 |
| Key Concepts | p. 184 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 184 |
| Weaving Communication into Relationships | |
| Emotions and Communication | p. 185 |
| Emotional Intelligence | p. 187 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Emotional Intelligence on the Job | p. 187 |
| Understanding Emotions | p. 188 |
| Everyday Application: What's Your EQ? | p. 188 |
| Physiological Influences on Emotions | p. 190 |
| Perceptual Influences on Emotions | p. 191 |
| Social Influences on Emotions | p. 193 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The Social Shaping of Grief | p. 194 |
| Everyday Application: Religions and Feeling Rules | p. 194 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Cultural Codes for Anger | p. 195 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Faking It | p. 196 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Gift of Fear | p. 197 |
| Obstacles to the Effective Communication of Emotions | p. 198 |
| Reasons We May Not Express Emotions | p. 198 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Sugar and Spice and Bullying! | p. 199 |
| The Ineffective Expression of Emotions | p. 201 |
| Everyday Application: Enlarging Your Emotional Vocabulary | p. 202 |
| Guidelines for Communicating Emotions Effectively | p. 203 |
| Everyday Application: Avoiding Counterfeit Emotional Language | p. 203 |
| Identify Your Emotions | p. 204 |
| Choose How to Express Emotions | p. 204 |
| Own Your Feelings | p. 205 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Virtual Emotions | p. 206 |
| Monitor Your Self-Talk | p. 206 |
| Adopt a Rational-Emotive Approach to Feelings | p. 206 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Talking Yourself into-or out of-a Job | p. 208 |
| Respond Sensitively When Others Communicate Emotions | p. 208 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Albert Ellis in Action | p. 208 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Managing Anger | p. 209 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 210 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 211 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 212 |
| Key Concepts | p. 212 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 212 |
| Communication Climate: The Foundation of Personal Relationships | p. 213 |
| Features of Satisfying Personal Relationships | p. 214 |
| Investment | p. 215 |
| Everyday Application: Your Investment in Relationships | p. 215 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: What Keeps Relationships Together? | p. 216 |
| Commitment | p. 216 |
| Trust | p. 216 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Dialogue and Doing: Alternate Paths to Closeness | p. 218 |
| Comfort with Relational Dialectics | p. 219 |
| Everyday Application: Applying Relational Dialectics | p. 221 |
| Confirming and Disconfirming Climates | p. 222 |
| Levels of Confirmation and Disconfirmation | p. 222 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Guidelines for Communicating with People with Disabilities | p. 224 |
| Defensive and Supportive Climates | p. 224 |
| Everyday Application: Analyzing Your Relationships | p. 225 |
| Everyday Application: Using Descriptive Language | p. 226 |
| Everyday Application: Assessing Communication Climates | p. 230 |
| Guidelines for Creating and Sustaining Healthy Climates | p. 230 |
| Actively Use Communication to Build Confirming Climates | p. 230 |
| Accept and Confirm Others | p. 231 |
| Affirm and Assert Yourself | p. 231 |
| Respect Diversity in Relationships | p. 232 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Assertively | p. 233 |
| Respond Constructively to Criticism | p. 234 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 235 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 237 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 238 |
| Key Concepts | p. 238 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 238 |
| Managing Conflict in Relationships | p. 240 |
| Defining Interpersonal Conflict | p. 242 |
| Expressed Disagreement | p. 243 |
| Interdependence | p. 243 |
| The Felt Need for Resolution | p. 243 |
| Principles of Conflict | p. 243 |
| Conflict Is Natural in Relationships | p. 244 |
| Conflict May Be Overt or Covert | p. 244 |
| Everyday Application: Understanding Your Conflict Script | p. 245 |
| Social Groups Shape the Meaning of Conflict Behaviors | p. 246 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Games in Your Communication | p. 246 |
| Conflict Can Be Managed Well or Poorly | p. 248 |
| Conflict Can Be Good for Individuals and Relationships | p. 249 |
| Orientations to Conflict | p. 250 |
| Lose-Lose | p. 250 |
| Win-Lose | p. 251 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Japanese and American Styles of Negotiation | p. 252 |
| Win-Win | p. 252 |
| Responses to Conflict | p. 252 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Your Conflict Orientations | p. 253 |
| The Exit Response | p. 253 |
| The Neglect Response | p. 254 |
| The Loyalty Response | p. 254 |
| The Voice Response | p. 255 |
| Communication Patterns during Conflict | p. 255 |
| Everyday Application: Enlarging Your Repertoire of Responses to Conflict | p. 255 |
| Unproductive Conflict Communication | p. 256 |
| Constructive Conflict Communication | p. 258 |
| Conflict Management Skills | p. 261 |
| Guidelines for Effective Communication during Conflict | p. 263 |
| Focus on the Overall Communication System | p. 263 |
| Time Conflict Purposefully | p. 264 |
| Aim for Win-Win Conflict | p. 265 |
| Honor Yourself, Your Partner, and the Relationship | p. 265 |
| Show Grace When Appropriate | p. 266 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Communication of Forgiveness | p. 267 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 268 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 269 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 270 |
| Key Concepts | p. 270 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 270 |
| Friendships in Our Lives | p. 272 |
| The Nature of Friendship | p. 273 |
| Willingness to Invest | p. 273 |
| Everyday Application: Your Style of Friendship | p. 274 |
| Emotional Closeness | p. 274 |
| Everyday Application: Appreciating Talking and Doing in Friendships | p. 276 |
| Acceptance | p. 277 |
| Trust | p. 278 |
| Support | p. 278 |
| The Development of Friendship | p. 280 |
| Role-Limited Interaction | p. 281 |
| Friendly Relations | p. 281 |
| Moving toward Friendship | p. 281 |
| Nascent Friendship | p. 281 |
| Stabilized Friendship | p. 282 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Maintaining Friendships | p. 282 |
| Waning Friendship | p. 283 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Friendships around the World | p. 284 |
| Pressures on Friendships | p. 284 |
| Internal Tensions | p. 284 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Just Friends? | p. 286 |
| External Pressures | p. 286 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Friendships across the Life Span | p. 287 |
| Everyday Application: Maintaining Friendship over Distance | p. 288 |
| Guidelines for Communication between Friends | p. 289 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 290 |
| Communicate Honestly | p. 290 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Needs Clearly | p. 291 |
| Grow from Differences | p. 292 |
| Don't Sweat the Small Stuff | p. 292 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: A Both-And Approach to Relationships | p. 293 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 293 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 295 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 295 |
| Key Concepts | p. 295 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 296 |
| Committed Romantic Relationships | p. 297 |
| Committed Romantic Relationships | p. 298 |
| Dimensions of Romantic Relationships | p. 298 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: The Rise of Online Romance | p. 299 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Prototype of Love | p. 300 |
| Styles of Loving | p. 300 |
| Everyday Application: Measuring Love and Commitment | p. 302 |
| The Development of Romantic Relationships | p. 303 |
| Growth Stages | p. 304 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Development of Interracial Relationships | p. 305 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Real Valentine's Day | p. 306 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: E-Crushes | p. 307 |
| Navigating | p. 308 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Chemistry of Love | p. 308 |
| Deterioration Stages | p. 309 |
| Everyday Application: Measuring the Strength of Your Relationship | p. 309 |
| Guidelines for Communicating in Romantic Relationships | p. 311 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 311 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Facts about Sexually Transmitted Diseases | p. 312 |
| Practice Safer Sex | p. 312 |
| Manage Conflict Constructively | p. 314 |
| Adapt Communication to Maintain Long-Distance Relationships | p. 315 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Coping with Geographic Separation | p. 316 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 317 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 319 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 320 |
| Key Concepts | p. 320 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 320 |
| Communication in Families | p. 321 |
| Diversity in Family Life | p. 322 |
| Diverse Forms of Families | p. 323 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Color between the Lines | p. 323 |
| Diverse Goals for Families | p. 324 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Love and Marriage Go Together Like ... | p. 324 |
| Cultural Diversity of Family Forms | p. 325 |
| Diversity of Paths to Commitment | p. 326 |
| Long-Term Commitments | p. 327 |
| Cohabitation | p. 327 |
| Marriage | p. 328 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Same-Sex Commitments around the World | p. 329 |
| Relationship Types | p. 329 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: "I do. I REALLY do." | p. 329 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Marital Types | p. 330 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Marital Types | p. 330 |
| Communication and Satisfaction in Long-Term Commitments | p. 331 |
| The Family Life Cycle | p. 332 |
| Establishing a Family | p. 332 |
| Enlarging a Family | p. 333 |
| Everyday Application: Bundles of Joy and Change | p. 334 |
| Developing a Family | p. 334 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Fathering | p. 335 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Ethnicity and Parenting | p. 335 |
| Encouraging Independence | p. 335 |
| Launching Children | p. 336 |
| Postlaunching of Children | p. 337 |
| Everyday Application: Your Parents' Stage in Family Life | p. 337 |
| Retirement | p. 338 |
| Everyday Application: Mapping Your Family's Life Cycle | p. 338 |
| Guidelines for Effective Communication in Families | p. 339 |
| Maintain Equity in Family Relationships | p. 339 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: The Second Shift | p. 340 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: What Makes a Good Marriage? | p. 341 |
| Make Daily Choices That Enhance Intimacy | p. 341 |
| Show Respect and Consideration | p. 342 |
| Don't Sweat the Small Stuff | p. 343 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Love as a Package Deal | p. 343 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 344 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 347 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 347 |
| Key Concepts | p. 347 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 347 |
| Epilogue: Continuing the Conversation | p. 349 |
| Glossary | p. 353 |
| References | p. 359 |
| Index | p. 385 |
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