Introduction : meta-theory and theory in interpersonal communication research / Action assembly theory : forces of creation / Attribution theory : finding good cause in the search for theory / Evolutionary theories : explaining the links between biology and interpersonal communication / Goals-plans-action theory of message production : making influence messages / Imagined interaction theory : mental representations of interpersonal communication / Planning theory of communication : goal attainment through communicative action / Problematic integration theory and uncertainty management theory : learning to hear and speak to different forms of uncertainty

Relational framing theory : drawing inferences about relationships from interpersonal interactions / Supportive communication theories : dual-process theory of supportive message outcomes and advice response theory / Theory of motivated information management : struggles with uncertainty and its outcomes / Communication accomodation theory : a situated framework for relational, family, and intergroup dynamics / Communication theory of identity : multilayered understandings of performed identities / Critical approaches to interpersonal communication : charting a future / Critical feminist theories : giving voice and visibility to women's experiences in interpersonal relations

Expectancy violations theory and interaction adaptation theory : from expectations to adaptation / Face theory : Goffman's dramatistic approach to interpersonal interaction / Grounded practical theory : theorizing communicative practices / Narrative theories : making sense of interpersonal communication / Politeness theory : how we use language to save face / Relational dialectics theory : navigating meaning from competing discourses / Speech codes theory : traces of culture in interpersonal communication / Affection exchange theory : a bio-evolutionary look at affectionate communication / Attachment theory : a communication perspective

Communication privacy management theory : significance for interpersonal communication / Interpersonal deception theory : purposive and interdependent behavior during deceptive interpersonal interactions / Media multiplexity theory : technology use and interpersonal tie strength / The relational turbulence model : communicating during times of transition / Stage theories of relationship development : charting the course of interpersonal communication / Social exchange theories : calculating the rewards and costs of personal relationshps / Social information processing theory : impressions and relationship development online