Honey, Would You?: A Study of Compliance-gaining Messages of Married Women
dc.contributor.advisor | Williams, M. Lee | |
dc.contributor.author | Avant, Melanie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-26T13:30:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-26T13:30:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-05 | |
dc.description.abstract | A study was conducted to examine the compliance-gaining strategies women use in their marriages and to investigate how these strategies are related to communication competence, relational power, and the demand-withdraw interaction pattern. Women (N = 65) provided open-ended responses describing their most recent compliance-gaining interaction with their husbands. Subjects also completed the Interpersonal Communication Competence scale, a power measure, and the Communication Patterns questionnaire. Hypotheses investigating women’s use of compliance-gaining strategies, their communication competence, their relational power, and the presence of the demand-withdraw interaction pattern in the relationship were not supported. Three significant results were found: (1) competent communicators were less likely to use the manipulation strategy than less competent communicators, (2) those with high-scores for the demand-withdraw interaction pattern were more likely to use the assertion strategy, and (3) those with low scores for the demand-withdraw interaction pattern were significantly more likely to use the reason strategy. These results suggest a relationship between compliance-gaining strategy choice, communication competence, and the presence of the demand-withdraw interaction pattern in relationships. | |
dc.description.department | Communication Studies | |
dc.format | Text | |
dc.format.extent | 148 pages | |
dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
dc.identifier.citation | Avant, M. (2001). Honey, would you?: A study of compliance-gaining messages of married women (Unpublished thesis). Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/8917 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | communication in marriage | |
dc.subject | interpersonal communication | |
dc.subject | manipulative behavior | |
dc.subject | compliance | |
dc.title | Honey, Would You?: A Study of Compliance-gaining Messages of Married Women | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
thesis.degree.department | Speech Communication | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Southwest Texas State University | |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
thesis.degree.name | Masters of Arts |
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