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Melanie Booth-Butterfield

Melanie Booth-Butterfield

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
32
Citations
4796
World Ranking
7297
National Ranking
3548

Overview

Melanie Booth-Butterfield is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States. Their academic profile reflects a focus on research and scholarship within this institution.

No specific papers, coauthors, book publications, main or subfields of study, topics, or awards are listed in the available data. Consequently, the detailed scope of their research interests and contributions cannot be outlined from the information provided.

Without details on publication venues, research themes, or collaborative relationships, the profile centers on the known institutional connection. This affiliation suggests ongoing involvement in academic activities, teaching, or research at West Virginia University.

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Best Publications

  • Perceptions of health care providers' communication: relationships between patient-centered communication and satisfaction.

    Melissa Bekelja Wanzer;Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Kelly Gruber

  • Individual differences in the communication of humorous messages

    Steven Booth‐Butterfield;Melanie Booth‐Butterfield

  • Investigating Helicopter Parenting, Family Environments, and Relational Outcomes for Millennials

    Kelly G. Odenweller;Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Keith Weber

  • “If We Didn't Use Humor, We'd Cry”: Humorous Coping Communication in Health Care Settings

    Melissa Wanzer;Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Steve Booth-Butterfield

  • Co-constructing Student Involvement: An Examination of Teacher Confirmation and Student-to-Student Connectedness in the College Classroom

    Robert J. Sidelinger;Melanie Booth-Butterfield

  • Conceptualizing Affect as Information in Communication Production.

    Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Steve Booth-Butterfield

  • Are funny people popular? An examination of humor orientation, loneliness, and social attraction

    Melissa Bekelja Wanzer;Melanie Booth‐Butterfield;Steve Booth‐Butterfield

  • The influence of family communication on the college‐aged child: Openness, attitudes and actions about sex and alcohol

    Melanie Booth‐Butterfield;Robert Sidelinger

  • Funny Students Cope Better: Patterns of Humor Enactment and Coping Effectiveness

    Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Steven Booth-Butterfield;Melissa Wanzer

  • The funny people: A source‐orientation to the communication of humor

    Melissa Wanzer;Melanie Booth‐Butterfield;Steven Booth‐Butterfield

  • The Role of Instructor Humor and Students’ Educational Orientations inStudent Learning, Extra Effort, Participation, and Out-of-Class Communication

    Alan K. Goodboy;Melanie Booth-Butterfield;San Bolkan;Darrin J. Griffin

  • Reach out and Touch Someone: Analysis of Nonverbal Comforting Responses.

    Danielle J Dolin;Melanie Booth‐Butterfield

  • Investing in Affection: An Investigation of Human Affection Exchange Theory and Relational Qualities

    Sean M. Horan;Melanie Booth-Butterfield

  • The Influence of Relational Maintenance Strategies Among Coworkers

    Paul E. Madlock;Melanie Booth-Butterfield

  • Increasing patient satisfaction and compliance: An examination of physician humor orientation, compliance‐gaining strategies, and perceived credibility

    Jason S. Wrench;Melanie Booth‐Butterfield

  • Face and resilience in divorce The impact on emotions, stress, and post-divorce relationships

    Brandi N. Frisby;Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Megan R. Dillow;Matthew M. Martin

  • Individual differences in managers’ use of humor. Subordinate perceptions of managers’ humor

    Brian J. Rizzo;Melissa Bekelja Wanzer;Melanie Booth‐Butterfield

  • The Relationship Between Instructor Misbehaviors and Student Antisocial Behavioral Alteration Techniques: The Roles of Instructor Attractiveness, Humor, and Relational Closeness

    Christopher J. Claus;Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Rebecca M. Chory

  • Stifle or stimulate? The effects of communication task structure on apprehensive and non‐apprehensive students

    Melanie Booth‐Butterfield

  • Adolescents' use of tobacco, health locus of control, and self-monitoring.

    Melanie Booth-Butterfield;Robert H. Anderson;Steve Booth-Butterfield

  • Communication, cognition, and anxiety

    Melanie Booth-Butterfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan K. Goodboy
Alan K. Goodboy West Virginia University
Keith Weber
Keith Weber Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Matthew M. Martin
Matthew M. Martin West Virginia University
Scott A. Myers
Scott A. Myers West Virginia University
Robin J. Mermelstein
Robin J. Mermelstein University of Illinois at Chicago
Joel Gittelsohn
Joel Gittelsohn Johns Hopkins University
Douglas A. Luke
Douglas A. Luke Washington University in St. Louis
Michael P. Eriksen
Michael P. Eriksen Georgia State University
Steven H. Kelder
Steven H. Kelder The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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