A study of cultural variability and relational maintenance behaviors for international and domestic proximal and long distance interpersonal relationships.

This thesis examined 228 college students' reported use of relational maintenance behaviors and strategies and their reported perception of the degree of relational satisfaction and solidarity with the relational partners they chose to identify. The study gathered extensive data with the intention of primarily investigating the validity and reliability of measurement of relational maintenance behaviors across cultures with some attention to correlations between relationship maintenance behaviors, relationship satisfaction, and interpersonal solidarity. The study focused on refining previous measures of relationship maintenance behaviors in order to develop a comprehensive global measure. The study found that a linear combination of factors or relationship maintenance behaviors are related to relational satisfaction and interpersonal solidarity.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Kidenda, Thomas J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wheeless, Lawrence R.
• Byers, Lori
• Gossett, John S.

• Interpersonal relations.
• Interpersonal communication.
• Intercultural communication.
• Separation (Psychology)
• College students -- Social networks.
• relational satisfaction
• interpersonal relationships
• long distance
• cultural variability
• behavioral variability

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Kidenda, Thomas J.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50705743
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3238/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

info:ark/67531/metadc3238