COM 438 Advanced Interpersonal Communication (Amaro)

With original research and plenty of encouragement, Brené Brown explores the psychology of releasing our definitions of an "imperfect" life and embracing living authentically. Brown's "ten guideposts"  are benchmarks for authenticity that can help anyone establish a practice for a life of honest beauty--a perfectly imperfect life. Now more than ever, we all need to cultivate feelings of self-worth, as well as acceptance and love for ourselves.

Written expressly for undergraduate courses, An Introduction to the Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication provides students with a comprehensive yet approachable introduction to the nature, functions, antecedents, and outcomes of dark side events and behaviors in close relationships.

Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships helps students learn about their own relationships with romantic partners, friends, and family members by focusing on issues that are central to describing and understanding close relationships.

The means to express conflict is through communication (verbal and nonverbal messages); likewise, the means to manage and address conflict is through communication. The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication emphasizes constructive conflict management from a communication perspective which places primacy in the message as the focus of conflict research and practice. Divided into four sections, plus a general introduction and conclusion, the Handbook focuses on contexts in which conflict occurs: interpersonal, organizational, community, and intercultural/international.

The revised Fourth Edition of The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication offers researchers and postgraduate students a state-of-the-art reference work. Well-known experts summarize theory, research, and address key issues such as personal relationships, computer-mediated communication, language, personality, skills, nonverbal communication, and communication across the life span. This updated Handbook covers a wide range of established and emerging topics including: * biological and physiological processes * qualitative and quantitative methods for studying interpersonal communication * interpersonal communication in work, family, intercultural, and health contexts * supportive and divisive transactions * social networks