Abstract
Goal: To stimulate awareness of how interpersonal needs are communicated across different types of relationships.
According to Knapp and Vangelisti (2000), interpersonal needs are an important factor in understanding and/or affecting the development, maintenance, and deterioration of relationships. Three primary needs - control, affection, and inclusion - shape an individual's communication behaviors and play a central role in determining an individual's expectations of a relationship. Four additional needs-physical, social, practical and identity - also facilitate an understanding of an individual's physical and emotional well-being (Adler & Rodman, 1999; Verderber, 2001). How these needs and others are communicated depends on the particular relationship.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
34
Issue
2
First Page
105
Last Page
109
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Young, Cory L.
(2002)
"What Do You Really Need? An Exercise in Self-Reflection,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 34:
No.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol34/iss2/6
Copyright
©2002 Iowa Communication Association
