Arguments, aggression, and conflict : new directions in theory and research / edited by Theodore A. Avtgis, Andrew S. Rancer. - xxii, 426 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptualization and Operationalization of Argumentative and -Aggressive Communication -- Verbal Aggressiveness as an Expression of Selected Biological Influences / Verbal Aggression and Prefrontal Cortex Asymmetry / Aggressive Communication: A Life Span Perspective / Measuring Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggressiveness: Psychometric Concerns and Advances / Exploring Constructive Aggressive Communication in China: Its Cultural Roots, Strategies, and New Developments / Culture and Aggressive Communication / Global Communicator: Understanding the Role of Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness in International Negotiations / Contextual Research on Argumentative, Aggressive, and Conflict Communication -- Student Aggressive Communication in the K-12 Classroom: Bullying and Conflict / Reconsidering the Role of Aggressive Communication in Higher Education / Media Entertainment and Verbal Aggression: Content, Effects, and Correlates / Cyberbullying: Aggressive Communication in the Digital Age / Aggressive Communication in Political Contexts / Aggressive Communication within Medical Care: Mapping the Domain / Trash Talk and Beyond: Aggressive Communication in the Context of Sports / Nonverbal "Verbal" Aggression: Its Forms and Its Relation to Trait Verbal Aggressiveness / The Dark Side of Organizational Life: Aggressive Expression in the Workplace / Aggressive Communication and Conflict in Small Groups / Aggressive Expression within the Family: Effects on Processes and Outcomes / The Interactionist Model of Teasing Communication / Factors Influencing Arguments, Aggression, and Conflict Communication -- Tolerance for Disagreement / Taking Conflict Personally and its Connections with Aggressiveness / Verbal Trigger Events Other Catalysts and Precursors of Aggression / The Instrumental Use of Verbally Aggressive Messages / Michael J. Beatty and Michelle E. Pence -- Alan D. Heisel -- Kevin B. Wright and Elizabeth A. Craig -- Timothy R. Levine and Michael R. Kotowski -- Yang Lin, Jianguo Zhao, and Fengming Zhao -- Anne Maydan Nicotera and Nicole M. Robinson -- Jill E. Rudd and Diana R. Lawson -- Scott A. Myers and Christine E. Rittenour -- Paul Schrodt and Amber N. Finn -- Rebecca M. Chory -- Anthony J. Roberto and Jen Eden -- John S. Seiter and Robert H. Gass -- Theodore A. Avtgis and E. Phillips Polack -- Jeffrey W. Kassing and Jimmy Sanderson -- Andrew S. Rancer, Yang Lin, James M. Durbin, and Emily C. Faulkner -- Theodore A. Avtgis and Rebecca M. Chory -- Carolyn M. Anderson and Mili Banerjee -- Sally Vogl-Bauer -- Rachel L. Dicioccio -- Virginia P. Richmond and James C. Mccroskey -- Dale Hample and Ioana A. Cionea -- Charles J. Wigley Iii -- Matthew M. Martin, Katie Neary Dunleavy, and Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey. Section I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Section II. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Section III. 20. 21. 22. 23.

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Aggressiveness.
Communication.
Interpersonal communication.
Interpersonal conflict.

HM1116 / .A74 2010

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