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Chapter 7:<\/span> Developing and Ending Relationships<\/h2>\n\n\n

This chapter discusses the role of interpersonal communication as partners traverse stages of relationship development and dissolution. Within new relationships, communication functions to reduce uncertainty, promote positive possibilities, and help partners discover common ground. Within escalating relationships, interpersonal communication helps people create a connection, resolve doubts, coordinate behavior, and strive for equity. When relationships are ending, people need to make a decision about the future of the relationship, manage the face threats inherent in ending a close bond, reassert their own independence, and come to term with the transformation of a once close association. By putting theory into practice, this chapter offers tips for starting relationships out on the right track, navigating the road to intimacy, and exiting relationships with grace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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HDYR Scale 7.1: Relational Uncertainty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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HDYR Scale 7.2: Using Secret Tests to Diagnose Relationship Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Communication In Action<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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