Interpersonal Communication Research : Advances Through Meta-Analysis, Paperback by Allen, Mike (EDT); Preiss, Raymond W. (EDT); Gayle, Barbara Mae (EDT); Burrell, Nancy A. (EDT), ISBN 0805831320, ISBN-13 9780805831320, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This introduction to the subject begins by describing what meta-analysis does (as well as how it is done). Subsequent analyses (there are 21) incorporate a wide variety of topics related to interpersonal communication (., couples and safe sex, parent-child communication, argumentativeness, and self-disclosure), while examining such basic issues as reciprocity, constructivism, social support in interpersonal communication, and gender, conflict, marital, and organizational issues. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()