Autism is increasingly considered a spectrum disorder – autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, considering ASD as a cluster in a feature space defined by variables related to aspects of dyadic interacting may explain the anecdotal rapidity of the casual “detection” of ASD, and refine our understanding of its phenomenology. Evidence suggests that dyadic interaction is one of the most important...

Poor social support in the aftermath of a traumatic event is a well-established risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adult trauma survivors. Yet, a great deal about the relationship between social support and PTSD remains poorly understood. In this study, we analyzed data from 102 survivors of a serious motor vehicle accident (MVA) at 4 weeks (Time 1) and 16 weeks (Time 2)...

There is a growing consensus that a fuller understanding of social cognition depends on more systematic studies of real-time social interaction. Such studies require methods that can deal with the complex dynamics taking place at multiple interdependent temporal and spatial scales, spanning sub-personal, personal, and dyadic levels of analysis. We demonstrate the value of adopting an extended m...

This study examined individual and status recognition in dyadic interactions between crayŽ sh and determines how blocking the release of urine, a known source of chemical cues, may in uence recognition. Behavioral characteristics of agonistic interactions were compared between crayŽ sh pairs that fought each other previously (familiar) and pairs derived from individuals with past status histor...

Why are some technology-mediated interactions between pairs of individuals more successful than others in generating creative ideas? To seek the answers to this question, we study the generation of creative ideas from a dyadic perspective. We examine the attributes of dyadic ties that influence the generation of creative ideas, and how the strength of influence changes contingently on the usage...

A dyadic methodological and statistical approach to social power is used to test the notion that an individual’s power and a partner’s power have distinct effects on the individual’s emotional experience. Two studies examined actor and partner effects of social power on emotion within dyadic interactions. Across interpersonal contexts and measures of social power, the individual’s own social po...

This essay reviews interpretive approaches to dyadic analysis using qualitative data. After reviewing classic approaches to dyadic analysis of qualitative data, we explore some of the benefits these classic approaches offer family communication studies. We then look to three new approaches to dyadic analysis—multiadic analysis, affective analysis, and collaborative autoethnography—that can be o...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

Our ancestors were a social species before they had language, and like other apes likely used a system of signals (dominance, interest, warning, etc) to coordinate their activities. Speech appears to have evolved as an elaboration of this earlier communication framework, with signaling remaining as a major functional structure in both dyadic and group interactions.

Building on two established perspectives on the political party, in this paper we view the party as an organized network of formal and informal relationships between individuals that reflects national cleavages. We test this interpretation using two Italian parties of the 1970s that played major roles in shaping political and social life of the country: the Christian Democrats, or DC, and the C...