Theory and Practice in Interpersonal Attraction

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Duck, Steve

Psychology & Counseling

Academic Pr

Summarizes the latest research on relationships, focusing not only on their growth and development but also on their negative aspects, breakdown, and repair. Addresses the essential use of relationship issues within applied areas such as policing, health care, and the corporate world, and emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary studies and the integration of different frameworks and methods. This second edition is strongly grounded in a discussion of the contexts for relating, whether cultural, linguistic, or interpersonal. For students of psychology and social sciences. Duck is a research professor in the department of communication studies at the University of Iowa. Distributed by Taylor &amp; Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Relating to Others (Mapping Social Psychology Series)

Self-Help

Relationships

Open Univ Pr

Personal Relationships and Personal Constructs: A Study of Friendship Formation

John Wiley&Sons

This brief introduction to work on personal relationships emphasizes and delineates the important roles of relationships in our everyday personal lives.

Relating to Others

Dorsey Pr

This brief introduction to work on personal relationships emphasizes and delineates the important roles of relationships in our everyday personal lives.

Relating to Others (Mapping Social Psychology)

Wadsworth Pub. Co.

The routine interactions we have day-in, day-out are the ones that most decisively shape our identities and the quality and durability of our relationships. In COMPOSING RELATIONSHIPS: COMMUNICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE (WITH INFOTRAC) you'll see how relationships grow primarily out of so-called small talk between friends and romantic partners, rituals in families, and commonplace norms in organizations.

Composing Relationships: Communication in Everyday Life (with InfoTrac) (Wadsworth Series in Communication Studies)

Wood, Julia T.

Humor & Entertainment

Cengage Learning'

Human Relationships

`There is a wide ranging reference list, which contributes to making Human Relationships an invaluable book for all students and professionals who want to understand interpersonal relationships from a wide perspective′ - Theraputic Communities The Third Edition of this highly successful textbook provides a unique and comprehensive introduction to the study and understanding of human relationships. This thoroughly revised edition combines the most recent research from social and clinical psychology, sociology and communication studies with greater interdisciplinarity and emphasis on processes of everyday life. Fresh insights from family studies, developmental psychology, occupational and organizat

Sage Publications Ltd.

Mental Health

Perlman and Duck′s book focuses on the development of intimate relationships. It has been organized around the chronology of a relationship, and deals conceptually with new developments such as the acknowledgement of both positive forces and conflict processes; greater attention to stages and processes; and areas of concern to both researchers and practitioners. The contributors provide new statements on work at the forefront of the field and provide fresh suggestions for interventions.

Intimate Relationships: Development, Dynamics and Deterioration (SAGE Focus Editions)

Perlman,Daniel

Sage Publications, Inc.

Dynamics of Relationships (Understanding Relationship Processes series)

The here-and-now dyadic management of relationship behaviour is explored in this volume, which adds considerably to the understanding of relationship processes.  Contributors focus on the skills essential for successful relationships, such as: the management of conversation; the ability to listen to others; the development and practical use of relational knowledge; the understanding of the sequences of both verbal and non-verbal behaviour; the development of dispositional beliefs about one′s partner; and awareness of how future expectations influence the meaning of relational behaviour.

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