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Close encounters : communication in relationships / Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi.

Title
Close encounters : communication in relationships / Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi.
Author
Guerrero, Laura K.
Publication
Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Afifi, Walid A.
  • Andersen, Peter A.
Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
Interpersonal communication
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Conceptualizing relational communication: definitions, principles, and relational messages -- Communicating identity: the social self -- Drawing people together: forces of social attraction -- Making sense of our world: coping with uncertainty and expectancy violations -- Getting closer: initiating and intensifying relationships -- Making a love connection: styles of love and attachment -- Communicating sexually: the closest physical encounter -- Communicating closeness: intimacy, affection, and social support -- Staying close: maintaining intimate relationships -- Getting a fair deal: interdependence and equity -- Playing with power: dominance and influence in relationships -- Getting too close for comfort: privacy and secrets in relationships -- Hurting the ones we love: relational transgressions -- Coping with conflict: when relational partners disagree -- Ending relationships: disengagement and termination.
ISBN
  • 9781412949538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 141294953X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2006101371
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library