Bainbridge Constance, Bryant Gregory, Dale Rick
Department of Communication, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2025 Aug 11;16:1569493. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1569493. eCollection 2025.
Intrapersonal communication is a classification of phenomena such as self-talk and imagined interactions in which communicative messages are contained within a single individual and internal systems comprise both sender and receiver roles. Historically, the construct has met criticism with objections rooted in the notion that intrapersonal communication is simply a form of social cognition, but not all self-communicative behaviors have clear or empirically defined social cognitive connections. Self-directed behaviors, from inner speech to mindfulness, permit individuals to shape and interpret their experiences. Empirical examination of these phenomena would benefit from a unified framework. Relevant work is discussed supporting the perspective that intrapersonal communication constitutes a valuable interdisciplinary classification, including early research, functional and developmental approaches, and current connected methodologies and their limitations. A theoretical model is proposed that can guide understanding of the boundaries of intrapersonal communication by characterizing sender and receiver roles in the intrapersonal interaction based on active and inactive status.
人际内传播是一种现象分类，如自我对话和想象中的互动，其中传播信息包含在个体内部，且内部系统同时扮演发送者和接收者的角色。从历史上看，这一概念受到了批评，反对意见源于这样一种观念，即人际内传播仅仅是社会认知的一种形式，但并非所有的自我传播行为都有明确的或经实证定义的社会认知联系。从内心言语到正念的自我导向行为，使个体能够塑造和解释他们的经历。对这些现象进行实证研究将受益于一个统一的框架。本文讨论了相关研究工作，支持人际内传播构成一个有价值的跨学科分类的观点，包括早期研究、功能和发展方法，以及当前相关的方法及其局限性。本文提出了一个理论模型，该模型可以通过基于活跃和不活跃状态来刻画人际内互动中的发送者和接收者角色，从而指导对人际内传播边界的理解。
