Przejdź do wyszukiwarki/Go to searching Zamknij wyszukiwarkę
A- Decrease font sizeA+ Decrease font size Zmień kontrast

Central European Journal of Communication

Central European Journal of Communication

Scientific Journal of the Polish Communication Association

https://www.facebook.com/CEJCjournal

https://linkedin.com/company/cejcjournal

https://www.instagram.com/cejcjournal

You are here: Home > Browse Journal > Volume 11 No 1 (20) Spring 2018 > The purposes of interpersonal communication: A survey to fi nd the most likely general reasons why people engage in communication

The purposes of interpersonal communication: 
A survey to fi nd the most likely general reasons why people engage in communication

Mikael Jensen
University of Gothenburg, Sweden

ABSTRACT: Th e purpose underlying this paper is to fi nd out what purposes/functions people from a diverse background assess to be more important and central to human interpersonal communication. A list of 17 possible purposes and functions of interpersonal communication was derived from a literature review and used in a survey study. Th e questionnaire was fi lled out by 313 participants (international students being in Sweden) from diverse cultural backgrounds. Th e fi ndings from this study suggest that the participants acknowledge very central aspects of human life to be the reason for communicating. Th e most agreed upon reasons why we communicate is to share and enhance enjoyment (share positive emotions) and to create and strengthen social bonds (manage relationships).