Atypical Interpersonal Communication: Looking for and through a Different Lens

While studying communication,researchers and practitioners may use different theoretical approaches or models representative of the process.Dependent on the definition of communication and the use of a linear,interactional or transactional model of communication,the philosophical inclination will change,as well as the questions,hypothesis,and explanations formulated by the professional.Communication takes place in diverse contexts;this text focuses on interpersonal communication settings.Interpersonal communication may become atypical when one of the parties in the exchange communicates mainly through pre-verbal,unconventional and,sometimes,peculiar behaviours.Atypical communication is common in case of a disability or neurodevelopmental condition is present.In the present research,the Complex of Continuous Communication(CCC)is formulated as a theoretical model to analyse and explain atypical interpersonal communication as a co-creative process,emphasizing the way the communication relationship is developed within the dyads.The model is based on a thorough narrative review of relevant literature in the field to determine the components of the model,clarify the relationships among them,and explain how the communicative dynamic may grow in terms of diversity and complexity.The new model is articulated with a conscious influence from the transactional conceptualization and the dialogical perspective of communication,acknowledging the need for further experimentation in order to be validated.

The Impact of Creative Group Teaching and Educational Booklet Methods on Interpersonal Communications among Midwives in Clinical Setting

Group discussion teaching technique for small groups and encouragement of critical but constructive and creative thinking for finding new and efficient solutions can lead to provision of better health and medical services that is defined in clinical setting, as the clinical psychology finds a way for curing and education. The present study was conducted with the aim to compare the effects of creative group teaching and educational booklet on interpersonal skills of midwives in a clinical setting. The present study was conducted on 97 midwifery graduates working in hospitals in Kerman Province, in two groups of educational booklet (49 midwives) and educational workshop (48 midwives) who participated in a 3-day creative teaching workshop in summer 2015. Creative problem-solving teaching intervention group was taught through educational workshop method, including small group and team working, group discussion and mini lectures. Midwifery 1 intervention group was provided with an educational booklet validated by professors of Nursing and Midwifery School for independent and individual study by midwives working in Kerman Province hospitals. The two groups were matched in terms of personal details. Hospitals were randomly selected, and midwives were selected by quota sampling. Interpersonal communication skills of both groups were assessed before and after intervention, and two months later using Interpersonal Communication Skills Test. The results obtained were analyzed in SPSS-16 using descriptive statistics, including frequency and percentage, mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics including U-Mann-Whitney, paired t, independent t, repeated measures ANOVA tests at significance level of P P P P P < 0.001). Both teaching methods improved midwives’ interpersonal communication skills. Therefore, standardized educational booklets which produce cost-effective similar results are recommended.

Practical Significance and Effect of Image Design in Interpersonal Communication

According to Marx, man is the sum of all social relationships. Social relationships are interpersonal communication, and realizing good interpersonal communication is all that social people desire. Analyzing the significance and effect of image design （impression management） in interpersonal communication is the best way to strengthen our emphasis on image design and to make good use of image design and to achieve personal dream with real social integration.

Emotional Awareness: An Enhanced Computer Mediated Communication Using Facial Expressions

This paper describes the design of a prototype for an emotionally enhanced computer mediated communication system which is aimed at compensating for the emotional distance between communicators. The prototype system encourages the sender to take the emotional perspective of the message receiver by giving the sender a sense of how his message may affect the intended receiver, and by allowing the sender to reconsider sending the message or revise it. The objective of an emotionally enhanced communication system is to raise awareness to the ease in which a written word might be misinterpreted since emotions are too often unseen due to the nature of lean communication media. In order to show the receiver’s assumed emotion, the written text would be parsed before sending the message. An algorithm, for demonstrating the prediction of the emotion a written message might evoke, will choose a facial expression from a pool of 7 expressions, according to the words and phrases inserted in the message. We conducted a user test to evaluate the acceptance and attitudes toward such an emotionally enhanced communication system and received a high level of acceptance and favorable attitudes towards using it.

An analysis of the relationship between interpersonal relationship and mental health

Interpersonal communication is a kind of sociology, is a kind of psychology. The reason why people are people, that is, the people themselves have a certain social attributes, people can not exist independently from the community, it is bound to establish a relationship with society, and people. Interpersonal communication is a kind of communication between people, it will also produce a collision between the mind and the soul, with a certain psychological interaction. From the perspective of mental health, the main reason affecting interpersonal barriers have cognitive factors, emotional factors and economic factors, to solve the problems, we should analyze from several factors, another way, change not only depends on the concept of education, education and teaching activities is more dependent on the mode change. It is necessary to strengthen the theoretical study of interpersonal relationship, change the concept, pay attention to the training of interpersonal skills, reshape the personality.

Social Media Use Among Youth and Innovations of Moral Education Work With University Students in China

The new media especially the use of mobile phone for information has a profound impact on contemporary university students＇ behavior, psychology, and way of thinking. This article will elaborate on the moral education work with university students to explore innovative ideas and innovative approaches from the perspective of interpersonal communication, political science, and sociology under the new media environment. Then the article will put forward countermeasures and improvement strategies.

The Explicit Portrayal of Obscenity in American Television Series on The Grey＇s Anatomy

The portrayal of obscenity in television series is not a new issue in our society. It is a reasonable fact to be understood, that the exposure to such explicit content of obscenity is acceptable in Western culture but somehow or rather, the acceptance of obscenity among the Asian society is still taboo and this has geared parents to pay greater attention to what type of media content should be watched by their children. The researcher believes the audience could also educate themselves by watching such television series since Malaysia is lacking in sexual education. This research consists of qualitative content analysis. The researcher had included the obscene visuals and dialogues in order to justify the existence of such sexual portrayal on the Grey＇s Anatomy TV series. A theory was selected for this study--the application on selected variables from a previous research done by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation （Sex on TV4, 2005）. The researchers had found that such TV content could be a medium to promote safe sex messages since Malaysia lacks in sex education. The implication on theory was to distinguish the obscenity portrayal in TV series in shaping the audiences＇ acceptance.

Is Hiding Success a Good Idea?A Systematic Review of Reasons and Costs of Hiding Success

Hiding success,which is defined as intentionally withholding positive information about oneself or one’s accomplishments,is a common phenomenon and culturally recognized.It has been found that hiding success is guided by paternalistic motives and it may have social costs.Although the consequences of hiding success within many different types of relationships are slightly different,sharing success is better than hiding success.From the point of view of explaining the reasons and costs of hiding success,a systematic review was conducted in this paper.There have been some limitations of the current literature,such as the lack of systematic theoretical explanation of the mechanism of hiding success.We recommended that future research should explore deeply from the aspects of a real-world setting,the communication medium and choice of words,the relationship between the communicator and target,culture and so on.