The Decisions to Open a Relationship

To Three or Not to Three

James K. Beggan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3995-8 (ISBN)

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Most books on polyamory focus on people already in a multi-person relationship. This book’s unique contribution is to consider the social and psychological processes involved in how someone makes the decision to transition from a monogamous to a consensually nonmonogamous relationship.

The unique contribution of The Decisions to Open a Relationship: To Three or Not to Three is how James K. Beggan considers the social and psychological processes involved in how someone makes the decision to transition from a monogamous to a consensually nonmonogamous relationship. Informed by extensive research drawn from sociology, psychology, and the decision-making literature, Beggan provides

James K. Beggan is professor of sociology at the University of Louisville.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Decision to Open a Relationship

Chapter 2. Consensual Nonmonogamy

Chapter 3. Moral Reasoning

Chapter 4. Polynomics: Decision-Making about Polyamory

Chapter 5. How Do We Make Decisions?

Chapter 6. Risk Tolerance and Affective Forecasting

Chapter 7. The Centrality of Relationships

Chapter 8. Relationship Variables and Consensual Nonmonogamy

Chapter 9. The Monogamy Myth and Infidelity

Chapter 10. Triad Dynamics Conclusion

References

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2023
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 239 mm
Gewicht	531 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-6669-3995-1 / 1666939951
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-3995-8 / 9781666939958
Zustand	Neuware