Publications
Publication details [#52040]
Booth-Butterfield, Melanie and Katie Neary Dunleavy. 2009. Idiomatic Communication in the Stages of Coming Together and Falling Apart. Communication Quarterly 57 (4) : 416–432. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This study, exploring idiom use of couples in escalation and de-escalation relational stages, reveals that strategic idiomatic communication is significantly associated with couples' relational solidarity and satisfaction.