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The research aims to validate themes underlying relational communication and develop a reliable measurement instrument.

Validation and measurement of the fundamental themes of relational communication

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The research aims to validate themes underlying relational communication and develop a reliable measurement instrument.
Conducted three measurement studies using exploratory oblique and orthogonal factor analyses and confirmatory factor analysis.
Performed seven experiments to estimate reliability and predictive validity of the relational communication measure.
Developed a 30-item scale incorporating eight independent themes derived from the analyses.
Empirical validation achieved for seven to ten themes of relational communication.
The final instrument demonstrated strong reliability and predictive validity.
The 30-item scale effectively captures clusters of themes relevant to relational message exchange.

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Measurement studies validate themes of relational communication, highlighting effective message exchange within relationships.

Burgoon et al. (1987) studied this question.

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