Linguistics and Literature Studies Vol. 1(2), pp. 66 - 78
DOI: 10.13189/lls.2013.010203
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Verbal Response Modes in Action: Microrelationships as the Building Blocks of Relationship Role Dimensions

Ayesha Shaikh^1,*, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders², William B. Stiles^3
1 Department of Psychology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608, United States
² The Family Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201, United States
³ Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States

ABSTRACT

Dimensions of interpersonal relationships, such as attentiveness, directiveness, and presumptuousness, have typically been assessed through impressionistic ratings or by aggregate scores derived from coding of specific (e.g., verbal) behaviors. However, the meanings of these dimensions rest on the interpersonal microrelationships that are actually observed by the raters or coders. In this qualitative study, the way these global relationship qualities were built from microrelationships at the utterance level was examined in passages from one medical interaction. Applications of microrelationships to future communications research are suggested.

KEYWORDS
Discourse Analysis, Physician-Patient Communication, Verbal Response Modes, Interpersonal Communication, Relationship Dimensions, Qualitative Analysis

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Ayesha Shaikh , Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders , William B. Stiles , "Verbal Response Modes in Action: Microrelationships as the Building Blocks of Relationship Role Dimensions," Linguistics and Literature Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 66 - 78, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2013.010203.

(b). APA Format:
Ayesha Shaikh , Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders , William B. Stiles (2013). Verbal Response Modes in Action: Microrelationships as the Building Blocks of Relationship Role Dimensions. Linguistics and Literature Studies, 1(2), 66 - 78. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2013.010203.