Marital Communication

Douglas Kelley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2011
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-4789-0 (ISBN)

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* New introductory text on communication in marriages and other long-term romantic relationships. * Covers key topics such as communication across the lifespan, communication and intimacy and conflict. * Written as a textbook but also draws on the author s experience as a marriage counsellor.

Marital Communication provides insight into healthy relationships for those who want to better understand key communication processes between long-term, committed, romantic partners. Writing with students, teachers, researchers, practitioners, and couples in mind, this book uses marriage as a proving ground to understand the processes necessary to build and maintain positive romantic relationships.

Marital Communication develops the idea that marriage is a distinctive communication context (long-term, romantic, and committed) that uniquely influences various relationship processes. It focuses on three essential elements needed for healthy marital functioning: positive everyday communication, intimacy and love, and productive conflict management. The book finishes by describing how these essential elements change across the life-span, by examining marriage’s dark side, and by focusing on the use of forgiveness to ensure a healthy longevity.

Soundly documented with current research and written in a manner accessible to student and researcher alike, Marital Communication is an ideal supplement for current courses focusing on family communication, interpersonal and relational communication, and conflict. It is also an excellent, resource for the relationship professional.

Douglas L. Kelley is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University.

1: The Uniqueness of Marital Communication 2: Living and Working Together

3: Closeness: Achieving Intimacy and Love in Marriage

4: Close Conflict

5: Couple Communication Across the Life Cycle

6: Destructive and Restorative Marital Processes

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.11.2011
Reihe/Serie	Key Themes in Family Communication
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 218 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-7456-4789-8 / 0745647898
ISBN-13	978-0-7456-4789-0 / 9780745647890
Zustand	Neuware