Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships

Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships
Author: Laura K. Guerrero,Kory Floyd
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2006-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781135628697

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Focuses on nonverbal messages and their role in close relationships - friends, family, and romantic partners. This book takes a functional perspective in its examination of how nonverbal messages work to signal affection, romantic interest, sexual attraction, dominance, and other roles.

Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships

Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships
Author: Robert J. Sternberg,Aleksandra Kostić
Publsiher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9783030944926

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This book is an up-to-date compendium of knowledge on the secret language of close relationships, namely nonverbal routes of communication. In close relationships, as everyone learns sooner or later, the usefulness of words can be somewhat limited, because people (a) mean different things by the same words, (b) mean the same thing by different words, (c) sometimes find it hard to express their feelings in words, and (d) lie. Nonverbal signals therefore often provide the best means of communication. The book points out how decoding (interpreting) nonverbal signals is a major key to success, because often what people say wholly belies how they feel—nonverbal signals reveal their true feelings rather than what they want other people to think their feelings are. This book helps decode those secret signals. The book is written by the leading worldwide experts in the field of nonverbal communication to ensure accuracy, comprehensiveness, and timeliness.

Affectionate Communication in Close Relationships

Affectionate Communication in Close Relationships
Author: Kory Floyd
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2018-12-20
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781108470582

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Reviews and critiques empirical research on affectionate communication in close relationships and offers questions for future study.

Communication Intimacy and Close Relationships

Communication  Intimacy  and Close Relationships
Author: Valerian J. Derlega
Publsiher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781483260426

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Communication, Intimacy, and Close Relationships offers an account of the nature of intimate relationships and their effects on people's self-concepts. The development and maintenance of intimate relationships are examined, along with people's motives and goals in pursuing intimacy; the nature of social exchanges in intimate relationships; and the consequences for individuals who find themselves socially isolated. The critical role of communication in intimate relationships is given emphasis. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with a discussion on the role of self-disclosure in intimate relationships as well as the risks that individuals incur when they self-disclose. The next chapter presents a cognitive interaction model of the nature of intimacy and intimate relationships within the context of cognitive-social learning theory and a systems theory approach to communication. The effect of people's motives on relationships is then considered, together with the role of two fundamental human motives - power and intimacy - on love and friendship. The remaining chapters focus on the importance of the identification process - that is, how people fix their own and others' identities in social interaction - in developing relationships; patterns of nonverbal exchange in close relationships; how and why loneliness occurs; and the nature of social exchange processes in intimate relationships. The book concludes with an epilogue that provides a perspective on why people may find it difficult or easy to form intimate relationships. This monograph should be a valuable resource for psychologists and sociologists.

Close Encounters

Close Encounters
Author: Laura K. Guerrero,Peter A. Andersen,Walid A. Afifi
Publsiher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 1123
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781506376714

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A relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, Fifth Edition helps students better understand their relationships with romantic partners, friends, and family members. Bestselling authors Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, and Walid A. Afifi offer research-based insights and content illustrated with engaging scenarios to show how state-of-the-art research and theory can be applied to specific issues within relationships—with a focus on issues that are central to describing and understanding close relationships. While maintaining the spotlight on communication, the authors also emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the study of personal relationships by including research from such disciplines as social psychology and family studies. The book covers issues relevant to developing, maintaining, repairing, and ending relationships. Both the "bright" and "dark" sides of interpersonal communication within relationships are explored.

Close Encounters

Close Encounters
Author: Laura K. Guerrero,Peter A. Andersen,Walid A. Afifi
Publsiher: SAGE
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2010-11-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781412977371

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New edition of this popular introduction to interpersonal communication.

Close Relationships

Close Relationships
Author: Clyde Hendrick
Publsiher: SAGE
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0761916067

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'The authors ...extend the reach of their comprehensive reviews into theoretically driven and innovating explorations. The scope of coverage across and within chapters is striking. The developmentalist, the methodologist, the feminist, the contextualist, and the cross-culturalist alike will find satisfaction in reading the chapters' - Catherine A Surra, University of Texas, Austin The science of close relationships is relatively new and complex. This volume has 26 chapters organized into four thematic areas: relationship methods, forms, processes, and threats, as well as a foreword and an epilogue.

Power in Close Relationships

Power in Close Relationships
Author: Christopher R. Agnew,Jennifer J. Harman
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781107192614

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An outline of how power, an inherent feature of social interactions, operates and affects close relationships.