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02/16/2018
ECA ... Theory and Methodology Division ... Special Issue of the Southern Communication Journal
Greetings!
Please see the announcement below about a Special Issue of the Southern Communication Journal.
(UN)COUPLING: the initiation, maintenance, and dissolution of romantic relationships
Communication is central to the evolution of romantic relationships. More specifically, communication both defines and reflects romantic bonds. This special issue will highlight communication scholarship focused on both relational outcomes of communication episodes (e.g., negative reciprocity in distressed couples), as well as the effects of relationship stage on communication processes (e.g., relational scripts for cohabiting unions). Theoretical advancement, measurement development, qualitative methodology, and quantitative research investigating communication in romantic relationships are encouraged.
Topics include, but are not limited to, mate selection; physical and social contexts that constrain relationship development; building intimacy through reciprocal disclosure; managing relationship uncertainty; expectancy violations; relationship trajectories and turning points; experience and expression of relational closeness; explanatory and evaluative knowledge structures; sexual communication; strategic and routine maintenance behaviors; demand-withdraw behavioral sequences; relational transgressions; relationship repair and reconciliation; and relationship disengagement and termination.
Completed manuscripts should follow the “instructions for authors” guidelines available on the Southern Communication Journal’s webpage: www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsjc20. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically at https://mc.manuscriptcentral. com/rsjc by December 1, 2018.
For further information, please contact the guest editor:
Lindsey S. Aloia
University of Arkansas
Department of Communication
aloia@uark.edu
The Southern Communication Journal is the nationally and internationally read scholarly publication of the Southern States Communication Association (SSCA). The Southern Communication Journal publishes original scholarship that makes significant contributions to understanding human communication. For more information, please visit the Southern Communication Journal’s webpage: www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsjc20.
