TY - JOUR
T1 - Relational message interpretations of nonverbal matching behavior
T2 - An application of the social meaning model
AU - Floyd, Kory
AU - Erbert, Larry A.
PY - 2003/10/1
Y1 - 2003/10/1
N2 - The social meaning model asserts that some nonverbal behaviors have consensually recognized relational meanings within a given social community. According to this perspective, the interpretations made by encoders, decoders, and 3rd-party observers of the same nonverbal behavior should be congruent. The authors applied the model to the identification of relational message interpretations of nonverbal matching behavior. Confederates either matched or did not match the nonverbal behaviors of conversational participants while being watched by nonparticipant observers. All three nonconfederate participants provided interpretations of the confederates' relational messages. As the authors had expected, there were moderate correlations between the 3 perspectives, with observers usually providing less favorable assessments than the conversational participants. The authors also examined the influence of positive and negative stimulus behavior on relational message interpretations.
AB - The social meaning model asserts that some nonverbal behaviors have consensually recognized relational meanings within a given social community. According to this perspective, the interpretations made by encoders, decoders, and 3rd-party observers of the same nonverbal behavior should be congruent. The authors applied the model to the identification of relational message interpretations of nonverbal matching behavior. Confederates either matched or did not match the nonverbal behaviors of conversational participants while being watched by nonparticipant observers. All three nonconfederate participants provided interpretations of the confederates' relational messages. As the authors had expected, there were moderate correlations between the 3 perspectives, with observers usually providing less favorable assessments than the conversational participants. The authors also examined the influence of positive and negative stimulus behavior on relational message interpretations.
KW - Nonverbal messages
KW - Relational communication
KW - Social meaning
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U2 - 10.1080/00224540309598465
DO - 10.1080/00224540309598465
M3 - Article
C2 - 14609054
AN - SCOPUS:0642303573
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 143
SP - 581
EP - 597
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 5
ER -