Foreword / John M. Wiemann -- Preface / John O. Greene, Brant R. Burleson -- PART I. GENERAL THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES: -- Explicating communicative competence as a theoretical term / Steven R. Wilson, Christina M. Sabee -- Models of adult communication skill acquisition: practice and the course of performance improvement / John O. Greene -- Methods of interpersonal skill assessment / Brian H. Spitzberg -- Methods of social skills training and development / Chris Segrin, Michelle Givertz -- PART II. FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTION SKILLS: -- Nonverbal communication skills / Judee K. Burgoon, Aaron E. Bacue -- Applying the skills concept to discourse and conversation: the remediation of performance defects in talk-in-interaction / Robert E. Sanders -- Message production skill in social interaction / Charles R. Berger -- Message reception skills in social communication / Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Rashmi Adaval -- Impression management: goals, strategies, and skills / Sandra Metts, Erica Grohskopf -- PART III. FUNCTION-FOCUSED COMMUNICATION SKILLS: -- Informing and explaining skills: theory and research on informative communication / Katherine E. Rowan -- Arguing skill / Dale Hample -- Persuasion as a social skill / James Price Dillard, Linda J. Marshall -- Managing interpersonal conflict: a model of events related to strategic choices / Daniel J. Canary -- Emotional support skills / Brant R. Burleson -- How to "do things" with narrative: a communication perspective on narrative skill / Jenny Mandelbaum -- PART IV. SKILLS IN CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: -- Friendship interaction skills across the life-span / Wendy Samter -- Accomplishing romantic relationships / Kathryn Dindia, Lindsay Timmerman -- Communication skills in couples: a review and discussion of emerging perspectives / Adrian B. Kelly ... [et al.] -- Parenting skills and social-communicative competence in childhood / Craig H. Hart ... [et al.] -- PART V. SKILLS IN PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS: -- Negotiation skills / Michael E. Roloff ... [et al.] -- Communication skills for group decision making / Dennis S. Gouran -- Skillfully instructing learners: how communicators effectively convey messages / John A. Daly, Anita L. Vangelisti -- Interpersonal communication skills in health care contexts / Richard L. Street, Jr.-- New directions in intercultural communication competence: the process model / Christopher Hajek, Howard Giles.