Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships

✍ Scribed by Dr. Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid Afifi

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 665
Edition: 6
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships helps students learn about their own relationships with romantic partners, friends, and family members by focusing on issues that are central to describing and understanding close relationships. Best-selling authors Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, and Walid A. Afifi present research-based insights and content illustrated with engaging scenarios to show how state-of-the-art research and theory can be applied to specific issues within relationships. The updated Sixth Edition includes fresh content reflecting current research and trends in relationships, balanced with coverage of classic research, and continues to empower readers to be more critical consumers of information about relationships.

✦ Table of Contents

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - FRONT COVER
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
COPYRIGHT
BRIEF CONTENTS
DETAILED CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER 1 - CONCEPTUALIZING RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION: DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER 2 - COMMUNICATING IDENTITY: THE SOCIAL SELF
CHAPTER 3 - DRAWING PEOPLE TOGETHER: FORCES OF SOCIAL ATTRACTION
CHAPTER 4 - MAKING SENSE OF OUR WORLD: MANAGING UNCERTAINTY AND EXPECTANCY VIOLATIONS
CHAPTER 5 - CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS: STAGES, TURNING POINTS, AND DIALECTICS
CHAPTER 6 - REVEALING AND HIDING OURSELVES: SELF-DISCLOSURE AND PRIVACY
CHAPTER 7 - COMMUNICATING CLOSENESS: AFFECTION, IMMEDIACY, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT
CHAPTER 8 - MAKING A LOVE CONNECTION: STYLES OF LOVE AND ATTACHMENT
CHAPTER 9 - COMMUNICATING SEXUALLY: THE CLOSEST PHYSICAL ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER 10 - STAYING CLOSE: MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 11 - COPING WITH CONFLICT: WHEN RELATIONAL PARTNERS DISAGREE
CHAPTER 12 - INFLUENCING EACH OTHER: DOMINANCE AND POWER PLAYS IN RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 13 - HURTING THE ONES WE LOVE: RELATIONAL TRANSGRESSIONS
CHAPTER 14 - HEALING THE HURT: RELATIONSHIP REPAIR AND RECONCILIATION
CHAPTER 15 - ENDING RELATIONSHIPS: DISENGAGEMENT AND TERMINATION
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHORS

✦ Subjects

Communication

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