Conflict in Personal Relationships
Conflict in Personal Relationships

Author: Dudley D. Cahn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1135443386

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In keeping with a broad conception of interpersonal conflict, this book is organized into two parts. The first focuses on conflict on different types of couple relationships -- homosexual, cross cultural, dating but violent, engaged, and married -- and group relationships -- student peers, parents and their young children, and adult children and their aging parents. The chapters not only review past research on conflict in some relationships, but also take a significant step forward in introducing a variety of other relationship types for future research on conflict. These chapters also offer evidence that conflict is experienced differently in different types of interpersonal relationships. The second part of this book describes basic underlying principles and programs for dealing with interpersonal conflicts. Chapters in this section discuss patterns of argument in everyday life, issues associated with competence in interpersonal conflict, and mediation as a form of intervention for resolution.

Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships
Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships

Author: Valerie Lynn Manusov

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-01-15

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780521770897

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Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines whose work focuses on the interplay of attribution processes and communication behavior in close relationships. The book shows ways in which diverse scholarly perspectives can blend to provide insight into areas of common interest. In this case, it is the ways that people in relationships think about communication, make attributions through communication, and communicate about the attributions they make.

Satisfaction in Close Relationships
Satisfaction in Close Relationships

Author: Robert J. Sternberg

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 1997-06-27

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781572302174

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With the premise that close relationships are subjected to extraordinary scrutiny in contemporary society, the authors go on to say that this generation values individual fulfilment more than any before us. We are able to leave existing relationships with relative ease, demand a high level of satisfaction from our intimate relationships, and are frustrated at those times when we fail to achieve it.; This volume presents a range Of Theoretical And Clinical Approaches To Understanding And Promoting relationship satisfaction. Integrating findings from social, clinical and counselling psychology, researchers illuminate what it means to be satisfied within a love relationship and identify the factors that allow couples to create successful relationships over time.

The Language of Conflict and Resolution
The Language of Conflict and Resolution

Author: William F. Eadie

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780761916604

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Comprised of a series of lectures sponsored by the National Communication Association and the Smithsonian Associates in Washington DC, this book contains the research of leading communication scholars working on conflict theory and practice.

Marital Therapy
Marital Therapy

Author: Neil S. Jacobson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780876301999

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First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Attribution Theory
Attribution Theory

Author: Sandra Graham

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1317784227

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This unusual volume begins with a historical overview of the growth of attribution theory, setting the stage for the three broad domains of application that are addressed in the remainder of the book. These include applications to: achievement strivings in the classroom and the sports domain; issues of mental health such as analyses of stress and coping and interpretations of psychotherapy; and personal and business conflict such as buyer- seller disagreement, marital discord, dissension in the workplace, and international strife. Because the chapters in Attribution Theory are more research-based than practice- oriented, this book will be of great interest and value to an audience of applied psychologists.

Marital Interaction
Marital Interaction

Author: John Mordechai Gottman

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1483265986

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Marital Interaction: Experimental Investigations deals with experimental studies on marital interaction. Emphasis is on the importance of the role of description in the study of social interaction. Methods for the analysis of pattern and sequence, including cross-spectral time-series analysis, are also presented. Comprised of 15 chapters, this book begins with a historical review of several research traditions that have concerned themselves with families and marriages: the sociological tradition; the family therapy or systems tradition; the social learning tradition; and the developmental tradition. Research that points to the potential importance of the observation of consensual decision-making processes is also reviewed. A model of marital interaction called the Structural Model, which can be used to predict changes in marital satisfaction, is described. Subsequent chapters focus on the Couples Interaction Scoring System, an observational system for categorizing marital interaction; modern concepts of the assessment of reliability, particularly the stringent assessment that is necessary for sequential analysis; differences between well-functioning and poorly functioning marriages; couples' interactional styles in terms of communication skill deficits; and the concept of an individual's social competence. This monograph will be of interest to psychologists engaged in research on marriage, as well as sociologists and clinical researchers.

New Models, New Extensions of Attribution Theory
New Models, New Extensions of Attribution Theory

Author: Seymour L. Zelen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1461231264

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Attribution theory has applications in traditional as well as new psychological fields of investigation. This book pre- sents new issues and new research in examining attributions from such diverse viewpoints as existential attributions to information processing and decision making to examining fee- lings of success in terms of corporate scripts in the work- place.

Family Communication
Family Communication

Author: Chris Segrin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-09-22

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1135617481

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This advanced text carefully examines state-of-the-art research and theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting cutting-edge research, authors Chris Segrin and Jeanne Flora focus on classic theories and research findings that have influenced and revolutionized the way scholars conceptualize family interaction. Showing that answers to many questions about family communication can be found in current scientific research, the book introduces readers to fundamental issues in the study of family communication; explores what is known about communication in different types of families and family relationships; and examines problematic issues in family communication. Family Communication offers a thorough and up-to-date presentation of scientific research in family communication for students and teachers of family communication, as well as professionals who work with families. Undergraduate readers will find the text to be accessible, engaging andeasy to understand while graduate students and professionals will utilize the work as a comprehensive reference to classic and contemporary research on family communication and relationships.