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This Handbook provides an up-to-date discussion of the central issues in nonverbal communication and examines the research that informs these issues. Editors Valerie Manusov and Miles Patterson bring together preeminent scholars, from a range of disciplines, to reveal the strength of nonverbal behavior as an integral part of communication.
Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships
Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships
The importance of communication in close relationships may be seen in Wood's (1995) claim that “communication is not only a central, generative process of intimacy, but is actually what we experience as relationships” ([italics added] p. 125). Whereas communication can be both verbal and nonverbal, evidence suggests that the nonverbal channels may be particularly crucial to relationship processes and outcomes (Gottman, Markman, & Notarius, 1977; Noller, 1984; Nowicki & Duke, 2001). The communicative potential of nonverbal cues contributes to their importance in relationships. As Manusov (2002) points out, “One of the most intriguing aspects of nonverbal communication is its ability to be interpreted in myriad ways” (p. 15).
Nowhere is this fact more evident, or more problematic, ...
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