dimensions of interpersonal relationships
control, affiliation, activation
affiliation
used to interpret the degree of friendliness, liking, social warmth, or immediacy that is being communicated; indicates a person's willingness to approach or avoid others
activation
refers to the ways people react to the world around them
dialectic
inherent contradiction in a relationship that affects the way people connect to one another
autonomy-connection
dialectic that is the extent to which individuals in an interpersonal relationship vary from a desire for separation to a feeling of attachment
novelty-predictability
dialectic that is people's desire to change and stability in their interpersonal relationships
openness-closedness
dialectic that is people's desire to share or withhold personal information
face
- public expression of one;s inner self
- favorable social impression that a person wants others to have, and only meaningful when considered in relation to others in the social network
- only refers to the favorable social attributes that people wants ot
control face
concerned with people's need for others to acknowledge their individual autonomy, freedom of action and self-sufficiency
approval face
concerned with people's need for others to acknowledge their friendliness and honesty
admiration face
involves people's need for others to acknowledge their capabilities, success, reputation, and accomplishments
facework
refers to the actions people take to deal with their own and others' face needs
involvement
positive face; person's right and need t be considered a contributing member of society
independence
negative face;emphasizes the right not to be completely dominated by group or social values and to be free from the imposition of others
distance
closeness of the relaitonship
culture-specific evaluations
occurs when a set of behaviors is considered acceptable by one communicator's culture and not the other's
breadth
the range of topics revealed
depth
the degree of "personalness" about oneself that is revealed
valence
whether the self-disclosure is positive or negative
timing
when the self-disclosure occurs in the course of the relaitonship
target
the person to whom self-disclosing information is given