Arguments Aggression and Conflict

<p><em>Arguments Aggression and Conflict</em> provides a thorough examination of argumentative and aggressive communication. Editors Theodore A. Avtgis and Andrew S. Rancer bring together a score of prolific and informed authors to discuss aspects of the conceptualization and measurement of aggressive communication. The book features an exclusive focus on two aggressive communication traits: argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness one of the most dominant areas of communication research over the last twenty five years both nationally and internationally. The chapters include cutting-edge issues in the field and present new ideas for future research. </p><p>This book is a valuable resource for instructors researchers scholars theorists and graduate students in communication studies and social psychology. Covering a variety of topics from the broad-based (e.g. new directions in aggressive communication in the organizational context) to the more specific (e.g. verbal aggression in sports) this text presents a comprehensive compilation of essays on aggressive communication and conflict. </p>