Communication styles in partners

Communication styles in partners

This section in this study is a literature review of communication styles in partners and the role of communication. Communication style is discussed in this section of the study. Communication is defined as a process of transfer of information between peoples or place to place. In relationships, communication helps partners to express their feelings, experiences, and what they require (Hu 2018). Partners meet their needs and get connected through interface through the act of communication (Hu 2018). The effective of communication partners interpreted the message and attached the meaning. The integrated and transmitted message may appear simplistic until introduced concepts such as gender and cultural differences, including language, expectations, values, beliefs and traditions.

The investigation from Simmons(2016) it shows that communication styles in daily interaction such us apology and humbleness. There are four types of communication style in partnership, passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive. Ogollsky and Gray (2016) studied that Passive communication style is kind of techniques where defer to the partners’ wants and needs while going unmet. The individual with a passive communication style avoids conflicts as their primary aim. By allowing you partner to express emotions, anger and remaining open to assertiveness, will play an essential gain of confidence and experience growth. As suggested by Simmons (2018), aggressive communication is when a partner feels upset, and everyone knows. The words used aggressive partners are loud and forceful and appear to be critical and harsh. They experience struggling with acceptance of responsibilities for their actions. The conflicts of these dynamic partners can become more overwhelming and impossible to solve because they often blame each other. According to Wassink & Cleveland (2018), Passive-aggressive communication style partners avoid confrontation. This desertification is reflected indirectly by the partners as a type of eye roll, sighs and silent treatment. The other communication style is assertive, Ogollsky and Gray (2016) mention that partners express their needs and wants while remaining open to the needs of the other partner. The partners also validate each other while they left space for their own emotions. This communication style aims to compromise as a resolution after looking on both sides of every argument.

The Simmons (2018) has also suggested the non-verbal communication. Nonverbal communication styles are often overlooked and may be deemed unimportant. The is a type of communication style it speaks publication. It may consist of looking, grin, scowl, touching, or expressions of surprises. Female spouse has been found to exhibits this kind of communication style more often than men. The researcher found that the female spouse portrayed the behaviours related to the closeness of the partners and found female looked at their partners more often than men.

On the other hand, men express fewer emotions and non-verbal communication styles. This means that men don’t listen to their partners when they speak to them. The Simmons (2018) stated that men had dampened emotions such as anger and this makes them show less emotion to their partners. For instance, when partners disagree, the situation can become worse as if the man spouse expresses his passion by becoming violet.  Wassink & Cleveland (2018) suggested that men are trained to be emotionless in conflict situations. The other researcher suggested that this it seems to be accurate, in their study the focused on nonverbal communication and its relationship in partners. Simmons (2018) discovered that female spouse who is in contact with partners who can express the right communication style tended to have more complaints about their partners. Men are expected to tone down their feelings and to have an effective communication style may be seen as socially unacceptable to their female spouse; this is as their hypothesis. The question that was raised during the study was, do partners have significant relationship adjustment because they have functional communication styles or the have effective communication because they are happy with relationship.

Several studies found that female spouse has better nonverbal communication styles than men in their relationship. However, encoding and decoding messages are involved when communicating effectively. The natural tendency of females is expensive. Therefore, during encoding message, men make errors than men as suggested by the studies. However, the research shows that female was not better decoders or message receiver than men. Although it is quite possible that the unfortunate ability to encode message effectively by men is the one lead to female not to be a good receiver. For this case, it was also suggested by another researcher that familiarity play a significant role during nonverbal communication styles.

This research will be useful in the discussion of spouse communication style within the intercultural partners’ relationship. Individuals behaviours and communication style are profoundly fascinated by values that are from their culture and ethnicity. Women spouse and intercultural must modify the interaction accordingly. Ogollsky and Gray (2016) study suggested that the theme of effectiveness and suitable: personal ascribe, psychological adaptations, and cultural awareness. The main factor that impacted the partnership communication style is self-disclosure. The partners demonstrate how the skills are about the other culture, values, customs, norms and systems Ogollsky and Gray (2016. The friendship relation between the individual and of a different culture was analyzed. The culture differences in partnership were not seen negatively; instead, the participants’ similarities become the focus. The turning points, guarantee the constant growing of the commitment of each other was the dependent of the right relationship. This study has reviewed the formation of the intimate relationships that are formed into the intercultural adjustment. Intercultural partners face a specific challenge while trying to express their feeling and thoughts to their female spouse, mostly those having distinctly different backgrounds. Partners have powerful emotions of affection for a female spouse in their heart, but the intimacy of the relationship and the interaction and communication style is complicated.

Ogollsky and Gray (2016) stated that the theory of the partners expresses experiences based on their interaction and subjective interpretations. Partners are not aware of the outcomes culture has on their minds, emotions and actions. Individuals are influenced by their culture and get an absolute belief that is correct and operate in the best way (Ogollsky & Gray 2016). Female spouse, on the other hand, they also feel that their beliefs about their partners’ actions are objective and accurate. The involved perceptions can become severe in resolving conflicts through communication.

Role of communication

The key to health and long-lasting relationship is effective communication. When the partners don’t have effective communication, they face problems in their relationships. According to Haris (2018). For this role of communication, the researcher says that communication is the basis of every partner’s relationship. Communication is the pivot of reducing the misunderstanding between partners. The partners become eventually healthy when they interpret their feelings and thoughts.

Haris (2018) mentioned that the health relationship between spouse could be the charm when partners express and reciprocate their emotions through various modes of communication that is nonverbal communication. A mostly female spouse can make out through the use of eyes to show when they are angry, unhappy or frustrated (Haris 2018). Communicating through hand and body movement, gestures, and facial expressions can make sense. The non-verbal play a role of taking attention of the angry individual, and you can win him/her.

According to Abraham and Falah (2016), the other role in this study is the communication help in strengthening of the respect within the couples. This is because people are emphatic and can understand on a certain subtle level when wrongdoing. When talking about their future, the spouse listens very kin with respect, and you don’t have to worry whether what you are discussing is good or bad. The partners they go through their expectation together, and this can strengthen their relationship and respecting each other. Without effective communication, it can have an adverse effect.

The researcher has also indicated that communication builds trust in the relationships. They say that it takes a long time to build trust without good reasons (Hou, 2019). The link cannot breathe or grow well without intrinsic trust. The trust established by the communication may lead to the spouse to become confident with each other (Hou 2019). The partners must communicate honestly and have a better communication style which can lead to more trust. Effective communication between partners make the spouse feel secured, and without the assurance of a couple, the relationship cannot prosper.

This Hou (2019), the role of communication that it motivates the partners to support each other. Without communicating difficulties in the relationship, life can become complicated in unique and beautiful ways. The spouse should make herself available when running into personal challenges so that the other partner can be there for her (Hou 2019). If the other partner does not know about something is wrong, there is nothing that can be better. By improving the communication styles for both partners, they will support each other needs.

The theory of intercultural communication plays a role of interacting with speakers of the other languages on equal terms and respecting their identities (Hu 2018). Scholars have acknowledged this theory that it helps in understanding different values and cultures through communication (Bradbury2016). The interface of intercultural is essential because it linked to understanding other cultures. The conversation develops a positive relationship of one culture with another. During the communication of the spouse, the association is fostered.

Bradbury (2016) suggested that communication allow leaders to evoke their values and culture of the competitive business organization where they represent intercultural communicating skills lead to enhancement of bargaining and help in developments of business deals and contracts by Bradbury (2016). Someone for individual intercultural necessary skills can interact with the other society with different cultural backgrounds. He/she can be treated with a lot of respect, avoiding potential miscommunication and can lead to more productive interactions.

Sharipova (2019) developed a cross-cultural communication style to communicate within the multicultural project team effectively. The project team feel very comfortable when talking with outsiders. They interacted with different methods to be able to deal with flexibility deal. The team were able to communicate and deal with uncertainty, impatient and ambiguity (Sharipova 2019). However, the role of cultural communication focused on understanding abilities to communication styles. The intercultural communication enabled the project team to know the perspective, beliefs and values of the foreigners.

References

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