Interpersonal, Nonverbal, and Small Group Communication: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in 'Dissertation Abstracts International,' January through June 1979 (Vol. 39 Nos. 7 through 12).

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: group communication; effects of communication skills training on marital interaction; relationship among assertiveness, manifest anxiety, and self-esteem; dyadic interaction and an interpersonal coping skills program; self-actualization and the acquisition of communication and discrimination skills; parenting communication styles; speech adjustments made by native speakers of English in conversation with nonnative speakers; structural development of interpersonal solidarity; an instrument/function classification system for the analysis of interpersonal communication; the process of social interaction; creating a ministry to parents needing better communication skills; the communication of affect via facial expression; perceptions of assertiveness; the effects of sex of partner, role model, and androgyny on female competitiveness; the influence of speaker and listener sex in dyadic communication; intercultural communication patterns; communication skill training for married couples; and the relationship of counselors' sex, race, and level of functioning to accurate empathic responses of Black English expressions. (TJ)