基本説明
Although the primary focus on communication research, this book emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the study of personal relationships by including research from various disciplines such as social psychology family studies. Prev. ed.: 2010.
Full Description
Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, Fourth Edition
takes a relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication by focusing on issues that are central to describing and understanding close relationships.
Although the primary focus is on communication research, this book emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the study of personal relationships by including research from various disciplines such as social psychology and family studies. Organized using a developmental approach, the authors first look at initial interaction and relational escalation, then move on to issues related to maintaining intimate relationships, and finally focus on challenges relational partners face, including relationship endings.
Contents
1. Conceptualizing Relational Communication
2. Communicating Identity
3. Drawing People Together
4. Making Sense of Our World
5. Changing Relationships: Stages, Turning Points, and Dialectics
6. Revealing and Hiding Ourselves
7. Communicating Closeness
8. Making a Love Connection
9. Communicating Sexuality: The Closest Physical Encounter
10. Staying Close
11. Coping With Conflict
12. Influencing Each Other
13. Hurting the Ones We Love
14. Healing the Hurt
15. Ending Relationships
