Foreword / John M. Wiemann
Preface / John O. Greene and Brant R. Burleson
1. Explicating Communicative Competence As a Theoretical Term / Steven R. Wilson and Christina M. Sabee
2. Models of Adult Communication Skill Acquisition: Practice and the Course of Performance Improvement / John O. Greene
3. Methods of Interpersonal Skill Assessment / Brian H. Spitzberg
4. Methods of Social Skills Training and Development / Chris Segrin and Michelle Givertz
5. Nonverbal Communication Skills / Judee K. Burgoon and Aaron E. Bacue
6. Applying the Skills Concept to Discourse and Conversation: The Remediation of Performance Defects in Talk-in-Interaction / Robert E. Sanders
7. Message Production Skill in Social Interaction / Charles R. Berger
8. Message Reception Skills in Social Communication / Robert S. Wyer, Jr. and Rashmi Adaval
9. Impression Management: Goals, Strategies, and Skills / Sandra Metts and Erica Grohskopf
10. Informing and Explaining Skills: Theory and Research on Informative Communication / Katherine E. Rowan
11. Arguing Skill / Dale Hample
12. Persuasion As a Social Skill / James Price Dillard and Linda J. Marshall
13. Managing Interpersonal Conflict: A Model of Events Related to Strategic Choices / Daniel J. Canary
14. Emotional Support Skills / Brant R. Burleson
15. How to "Do Things" With Narrative: A Communication Perspective on Narrative Skill / Jenny Mandelbaum
16. Friendship Interaction Skills Across the Life-Span / Wendy Samter
17. Accomplishing Romantic Relationships / Kathryn Dindia and Lindsay Timmerman
18. Communication Skills in Couples: A Review and Discussion of Emerging Perspectives / Adrian B. Kelly, Frank D. Fincham and Steven R. H. Beach
19. Parenting Skills and Social-Communicative Competence in Childhood / Craig H. Hart, Lloyd D. Newell and Susanne Frost Olsen
20. Negotiation Skills / Michael E. Roloff, Linda L. Putnam and Lefki Anastasiou
21. Communication Skills for Group Decision Making / Dennis S. Gouran
22. Skillfully Instructing Learners: How Communicators Effectively Convey Messages / John A. Daly and Anita L. Vangelisti
23. Interpersonal Communication Skills in Health Care Contexts / Richard L. Street, Jr.
24. New Directions in Intercultural Communication Competence: The Process Model / Christopher Hajek and Howard Giles.
