Close encounters : communication in relationships /: communication in relationships. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Laura K. Guerrero, Arizona State University, Peter A. Anderson, San Diego State University, Walid A. Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara.
• Authors: Guerrero, Laura K; Andersen, Peter A; Afifi, Walid A
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Conceptualizing Relational Communication: Definitions and Principles; The Field of Personal Relationships: A Brief History; Relationships; Principles of Interpersonal Communication; Principles of Relational Communication; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 2. Communicating Identity: The Social Self; The Development of Personal Identity; Principles of Identity Management; Communicating Identity to Others; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 3. Drawing People Together: Forces of Social Attraction; Attraction; A Framework for Understanding Attraction; Personal Qualities; Other People’s Qualities; Qualities of the Pair; Qualities of the Physical or Social Environment; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 4. Making Sense of Our World: Managing Uncertainty and Expectancy Violations; What is Uncertainty?; Uncertainty Reduction Theory; Secret Tests; Predicted Outcome Value Theory; The Theory of Motivated Information Management; Relational Turbulence Theory; Expectancy Violations; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 5. Changing Relationships: Stages, Turning Points, and Dialectics; Communication Skills; Relationship Stages; Turning Points; Relational Dialectics; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 6. Revealing and Hiding Ourselves: Self-Disclosure and Privacy; Self-Disclosure; Privacy; Topic Avoidance and Secret Keeping; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 7. Communicating Closeness: Affection, Immediacy, and Social Support; Closeness in Relationships; Affectionate Communication; Immediacy Behavior; Cognitive Valence Theory; Supportive Communication; Sex Differences in the Experience and Expression of Closeness; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 8. Making a Love Connection: Styles of Love and Attachment; What Is Love?; Love Styles; Attachment Theory; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 9. Communicating Sexually: The Closest Physical Encounter; Sexual Attitudes; Casual Sex; Sex in Relationships; Communication about Sex; Safe Sex; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 10. Staying Close: Maintaining Relationships; Defining Relational Maintenance; Behaviors Used to Maintain Relationships; Maintenance Behavior in Romantic Relationships; Maintenance Behavior in Same-Sex Friendships; Maintenance Behavior in Cross-Sex Friendships; Maintenance Challenges in Other Relationships; Equity Theory; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 11. Coping with Conflict: When Relational Partners Disagree; Conflict in Relationships; Conflict Styles; Patterns of Conflict Interaction; Attributions during Conflict; Communication Skill Deficits; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 12. Influencing Each Other: Dominance and Power Plays in Relationships; Defining Power and Related Terms; Power Principles; Interpersonal Influence Goals; Verbal Power Ploys; Nonverbal Positions of Power; Traditional Versus Egalitarian Marriages; Culture, Equality, and Power; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 13. Hurting the Ones We Love: Relational Transgressions; Hurt Feelings in Relationships; Deception; Infidelity; Jealousy; Unrequited Love; Obsessive Relational Intrusion; Relational Violence; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 14. Healing the Hurt: Relationship Repair and Reconciliation; The Investment Model of Relationship-Maintaining Behavior; The Model of Accommodation; Remedial Strategies; Forgiveness; Relational Reconciliation; Relational Redefinition; On-Again Off-Again Relationships; Relational Redefinition: Can We Still be Friends?; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; 15. Ending Relationships: Disengagement and Termination; Why Relationships End; Communication as a Cause of Relational Breakup; The Disengagement Process; The Many Ways to Leave Your Partner; The Bad and the Good of Relationship Endings; Summary and Application; Key Terms; Discussion Board Questions; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors;
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (624 pages)
• Subjects: 153.6; Interpersonal communication
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544349237; 1544349238
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