Found that revenge had a strong impact on attributions and accounts following sexual infidelity, whereas intent only inversely influenced the production of guilt. Found that concessions were perceived as being the most mitigating while refusals and silence were evaluated as most aggravating. Consistent with traditional and modern sexual double…

Replicates and extends previous research in the use of relational maintenance strategies in marriage. Examines diary logs of 10 married couples. Finds significant differences between husbands and wives for openness, network, and especially task strategies. Notes a general decline in the use of all types of strategies as years of marriage…

Indicates that males do not understand that certain sexual resistance messages indicate resistance. Finds that resistance messages most often used by some women are the least understood by most men, suggesting that unwanted sexual escalation efforts might be minimized if men were to better understand women's resistance messages, and/or if women…

Examines whether altruism messages are more likely to be effective in gaining compliance with an anti-social request. Finds no evidence of an effect of the norm of reciprocity; altruism message was more effective than a direct request message; and a large sex difference in a direction opposite to that reported in reviews of sex differences--males…

Indicates that couple type was significantly related to communication about marital conflict, but that there were neither any clear overall sex differences in communication nor sex differences within couple types. Also indicates that conflict styles are so strongly reciprocal that mutual influence within conversations tends to remove individual…

Indicates that husbands and wives were equally affected by (1) requests with various types of emotional disclosures, and (2) the emotional disclosures of different face-values. Reports that gender did not influence either the objective or subjective effectiveness of a request when it was reasonably appropriate for either males and females to…

Presents study in which transcripts of speeches were linguistically analyzed for gender-specific features. Shows that a combination of 20 features could account for 99% of between-gender variance, permitting 100% gender prediction accuracy. (MS)

Investigates how language usage differs in same-sex and mixed-sex dyads. Finds partial support for the Gender-Linked Language Effect in same-sex dyads and for the attenuation of that effect in mixed-sex dyads. (MS)

Applies the general frameworks of Politeness Theory and Planning Theory to explain the selection of sexual resistance strategies among undergraduates following both initial and persisting requests. Investigates contingent effects of request directness on characteristics of the resistance message. Tests influence of resister sex on strategy choice.…

Indicates that males were more likely than females to use (1) violence against a noncompliant male persuasive target in a noninterpersonal relational context, and (2) direct coercion against persistently noncompliant and noninterpersonal persuasive targets in relational contexts with short-term consequences. (JD)

Findings indicate that males and females report more similarities than differences in communicator style. The differences, however, are consistent and significant; males report being more precise while females report being more animated. (PD)

Examines evaluative reactions to transcriptions of naturally occurring male and female speech. Seeks to determine the extent to which these evaluations are accounted for by speech differences between the sexes, by differences in sex-role stereotypes held by respondents, and by speech differences within the sexes. (SR)

Examines and challenges theories of account giving and public image following an accusation of sexual harassment in the workplace, using college students and working adults as subjects. Challenges the existing theories of account giving and public image, and lays to rest the notion that full apologies and excuses are mitigating in serious account…

Indicates that communicator gender and cultural ancestry interacted to influence the intensity of language chosen. Reveals that men of Chinese and Japanese ancestry produced significantly more intense messages than did their female counterparts, while no significant differences were apparent between the messages produced by Caucasian men and…

Results of this study suggest that knowing the sex and level of dominance of the potential liar should help in detecting deceptions and provide guidelines as to where observers should look for cues. (PD)