Jimmie Manning & Adrianne Kunkel 
Researching Interpersonal Relationships [EPUB ebook] 
Qualitative Methods, Studies, and Analysis

This accessible book explores and demonstrates methodological tools used to guide qualitative relationships research, especially studies of interpersonal communication.
Researching Interpersonal Relationships introduces both classic and cutting-edge methodological approaches for qualitative inquiry and analysis, including opening chapters with accessible overviews of interpretive theory and research design. Additional chapters feature a detailed overview of a specific method and analytical tool and are illustrated by original research studies from leading scholars in the field, each in a different interpersonal communication context. Post-study interviews with the researchers are also provided to allow new and experienced researchers a better understanding of how qualitative research approaches can expand and solidify understandings of personal relationships. This groundbreaking book is the
first of its kind written especially for relationships researchers on qualitative research, and it makes a welcome addition to advanced undergraduate and graduate student classrooms as well as any serious qualitative relationships researcher′s bookshelf.

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Preface

Introduction: Embracing a Full Spectrum of Interpersonal Communication Research

1. Understanding Personal Relationships through an Interpretivist-Oriented Lens

2. Method and Analysis in Qualitative Relationships Research

3. Interviews, Emotion Coding, and a Family Communication Study

4. Focus Groups, Values Coding, and a Romantic Relationships Study

5. Open-Ended Surveys, Taxonomic Coding, and a Friendship Study

6. Ethnography, Dramaturgical Coding, and a Sexuality Study

7. Discourse Analysis, Thematic Analysis, and a Study of Computer-Mediated Communication

8. Narrative Inquiry, Crystallization, and a Study of Workplace Relationships

9. Writing and Presenting Qualitative Interpersonal Communication Studies

References

Index

O autorze

Adrianne Kunkel (Ph D, Purdue University) is an associate professor at the University of Kansas. Her research program focuses on personal relationships, sex/gender similarities and differences, and domestic violence intervention. She has received grants to study how people cope with distressing events through narrative, how participation in support groups affects breast cancer survivors, and how domestic violence survivors and their advocates pursue freedom from abuse. She has published over 40 book chapters and articles in outlets such as Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. She teaches courses in interpersonal communication, gender, research methods, and social support. She has also received numerous teaching awards, some of which include the Silver Anniversary Award for Excellence in Teaching and the John C. Wright Mentor Award at the University of Kansas. She has also been awarded the Central States Communication Association’s Outstanding New Teacher Award.