Proposing the Communicate Bond Belong Theory: Evolutionary Intersections With Episodic Interpersonal Communication

The Communicate Bond Belong (CBB) theory is an evolutionary and motivational explanation of human communication's role in the relational functions of social interaction. CBB theory conceives of all social interactions as energy expending, but posits that only some social interactions are striving behaviors (i.e., actions taken to satiate a need). CBB theory proposes that social interaction operates within a homeostatic system, developed from...