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Communicating Social Support
Häftad, 2008
474 kr
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When stresses and hassles challenge our abilities to cope, we frequently turn to family, friends, and partners for help. Yet social support from close relational partners does not uniformly benefit recipients or their relationships. By probing the communication processes that link enactments of …
Understanding Marriage
Developments in the Study of Couple Interaction
Av Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney
Häftad, 2009
949 kr
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This edited volume draws together a wide range of exciting developments in the study of marital interaction. A significant feature of the book is its focus, not only on conflict and negative interactions but also on the processes by which couples maintain happy and constructive relationships. The …
Growing Together
Personal Relationships across the Life Span
Av Frieder R. Lang, Karen L. Fingerman m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
648 kr
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Understanding personal relationships throughout the life course is one of the most crucial issues in the behavioral and social sciences. This book brings together perspectives from different disciplines on individual development and personal relationships across the life span. The book addresses …
Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships
Av Valerie Manusov, John H. Harvey
Häftad, 2011
648 kr
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The field of close relationships is one of the most fertile areas of work in the social and behavioural sciences. Central to theoretical developments in the study of close relationships is a focus on people's interpretive activities and communication behavior. Theories of attribution and of …
Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood
Inbunden, 2010
1587 kr
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Emerging adulthood - the period between the late teens and mid-twenties - is a unique and important developmental period during which people gain relationship experience before settling on someone to partner with. Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood presents a synthesis of research and …
Stability and Change in Relationships
Av Anita L. Vangelisti, Harry T. Reis m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
648 kr
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Understanding interpersonal relationships requires understanding actors, behaviors, and contexts. This 2002 volume presents research from a variety of disciplines that examine personal relationships on all three levels. The first section focuses on the factors that influence individuals to enter, …
Communicating Affection
Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context
Av Kory Floyd
Häftad, 2008
464 kr
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Few behavioral processes are more central to the development and maintenance of intimate relationships than the communication of affection. Indeed, affectionate expressions often initiate and accelerate relational development. By contrast, their absence in established relationships frequently …
Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships
Av Valerie Manusov, John H. Harvey
Inbunden, 2001
1851 kr
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The field of close relationships is one of the most fertile areas of work in the social and behavioural sciences. Central to theoretical developments in the study of close relationships is a focus on people's interpretive activities and communication behavior. Theories of attribution and of …
Stability and Change in Relationships
Av Anita L. Vangelisti, Harry T. Reis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1915 kr
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Understanding interpersonal relationships requires understanding actors, behaviors, and contexts. This 2002 volume presents research from a variety of disciplines that examine personal relationships on all three levels. The first section focuses on the factors that influence individuals to enter, …
Understanding Marriage
Developments in the Study of Couple Interaction
Av Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney
Inbunden, 2002
1741 kr
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This edited volume draws together a wide range of exciting developments in the study of marital interaction. A significant feature of the book is its focus, not only on conflict and negative interactions but also on the processes by which couples maintain happy and constructive relationships. The …
Growing Together
Personal Relationships across the Life Span
Av Frieder R. Lang, Karen L. Fingerman
Inbunden, 2003
1915 kr
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Understanding personal relationships throughout the life course is one of the most crucial issues in the behavioral and social sciences. This book brings together perspectives from different disciplines on individual development and personal relationships across the life span. The book addresses …
Communicating Social Support
Inbunden, 2004
1099 kr
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When stresses and hassles challenge our abilities to cope, we frequently turn to family, friends, and partners for help. Yet social support from close relational partners does not uniformly benefit recipients or their relationships. By probing the communication processes that link enactments of …
Changing Relations
Achieving Intimacy in a Time of Social Transition
Inbunden, 2008
1012 kr
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In a fast-changing world, what impact does social change have on our everyday relationships? How do modernisation processes influence our broader values, and how might these then affect our desires to marry, have a family and develop our social networks? And how do sudden events in a society - …
Responding to Intimate Violence against Women
The Role of Informal Networks
Av Renate Klein
Inbunden, 2012
1753 kr
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Family members, friends, coworkers and neighbors are often the first to know that a woman has been abused by an intimate male partner. What is the proper course of action for those with knowledge of abuse? Using a wide range of empirical data from international sources, Renate Klein documents …
Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships
Inbunden, 2009
2314 kr
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Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships presents a synthesis of cutting-edge research and theory on hurt. Being hurt is an inevitable part of close relationships. What varies from relationship to relationship is not whether partners hurt each other, but how their relationship is affected by hurtful …
The Sociocultural Context of Romantic Relationships
Häftad, 2025
378 kr
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Embedded within the sociocultural context of romantic relationships are features such as race, culture, neighborhoods, the legal system, and governmental policy. Due to the inherent difficulties with studying large structures and systems, little work has been done at the macro level in relationship …
The Sociocultural Context of Romantic Relationships
Inbunden, 2023
1598 kr
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Embedded within the sociocultural context of romantic relationships are features such as race, culture, neighborhoods, the legal system, and governmental policy. Due to the inherent difficulties with studying large structures and systems, little work has been done at the macro level in relationship …
Experiences of Sexual Minority and Gender Diverse Individuals in Romantic Relationships
Heeding a Global Call
Av Ashley K. Randall, Pamela J. Lannutti
Inbunden, 2025
1598 kr
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The lived experiences of sexual minority and gender diverse (SMGD) people in romantic relationships remain relatively understudied compared to their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. Existing research has predominantly focused on cisgender gay or lesbian individuals, particularly those who …
Critical Friendship in the Modern World
Av Laura Eramian, Peter Mallory
Inbunden, 2026
1677 kr
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Friendship is a critically important aspect of our lives, but is it always an unassailably 'good thing'? This book begins with the innovative premise that friendship is inherently complex and characterized by opposing qualities: it is both pleasurable and fraught, private and public, and inclusive …
Dyadic Health Science
Theories, Methods, and Future Directions
Av Karen S. Lyons, Amy J. Rauer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1739 kr
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This book introduces readers to the field of dyadic health science, offering a theoretical understanding of how two people experience and navigate health and illness together. It provides a detailed overview of how the field has evolved over time, exploring its links to relationship science, …
Social Influence on Close Relationships
Beyond the Dyad
Inbunden, 2014
1598 kr
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How do we choose a partner to initiate a relationship with, and what makes us stay in a given relationship over time? These questions are most often pursued by scholars with an emphasis on the internal thoughts, feelings, and motivations of individual decision-makers. Conversely, this volume …
Positive Approaches to Optimal Relationship Development
Av C. Raymond Knee, Harry T. Reis
Inbunden, 2016
1915 kr
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How can we get the most out of our close relationships? Research in the area of personal relationships continues to grow, but most prior work has emphasized how to overcome negative aspects. This volume demonstrates that a good relationship is more than simply the absence of a bad relationship, and …
Personality and Close Relationship Processes
Inbunden, 2016
1741 kr
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Few observers of relationship dynamics would dispute the claim of interdependence theorists that a defining feature of close relationships is the extent to which partners influence each other's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. However, partners do not behave simply in response to each other's …
The Experience and Expression of Uncertainty in Close Relationships
Inbunden, 2017
1725 kr
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Close relationships are an important and desired aspect of the human experience; however, as individuals pursue intimacy and connection with others, they will encounter a variety of questions about the nature, status, and future of their relationships. Consequently, uncertainty is an inevitable and …
Power in Close Relationships
Av Christopher R. Agnew, Jennifer J. Harman
Inbunden, 2019
1474 kr
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Power is an inherent feature of social interactions, yet it is hard to define and therefore understand. This book is the first to organize current interdisciplinary theorizing and research about power from leading academics in areas such as social psychology, communications, family studies, and …
Intimate Relationships across Cultures
A Comparative Study
Inbunden, 2019
1661 kr
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Intimate relationships exist in social domains, in which there are cultural rules regarding appropriate behaviors. But they also inhabit psychological domains of thoughts, feelings, and desires. How are intimate relationships experienced by people living in various types of romantic or sexual …
Positive Approaches to Optimal Relationship Development
Av C. Raymond Knee, Harry T. Reis
Häftad, 2018
634 kr
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How can we get the most out of our close relationships? Research in the area of personal relationships continues to grow, but most prior work has emphasized how to overcome negative aspects. This volume demonstrates that a good relationship is more than simply the absence of a bad relationship, and …
Personality and Close Relationship Processes
Häftad, 2018
553 kr
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Few observers of relationship dynamics would dispute the claim of interdependence theorists that a defining feature of close relationships is the extent to which partners influence each other's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. However, partners do not behave simply in response to each other's …
Responding to Intimate Violence against Women
The Role of Informal Networks
Av Renate Klein
Häftad, 2015
557 kr
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Family members, friends, coworkers and neighbors are often the first to know that a woman has been abused by an intimate male partner. What is the proper course of action for those with knowledge of abuse? Using a wide range of empirical data from international sources, Renate Klein documents …
The Experience and Expression of Uncertainty in Close Relationships
Häftad, 2019
553 kr
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Close relationships are an important and desired aspect of the human experience; however, as individuals pursue intimacy and connection with others, they will encounter a variety of questions about the nature, status, and future of their relationships. Consequently, uncertainty is an inevitable and …
