Laura K. Guerrero & Peter A. Andersen 
Close Encounters [PDF ebook] 
Communication in Relationships

Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships helps students learn about their own relationships with romantic partners, friends, and family members by focusing on issues that are central to describing and understanding close relationships. Best-selling authors Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, and Walid A. Afifi present 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. The updated
Sixth Edition includes fresh content reflecting current research and trends in relationships, balanced with coverage of classic research, and continues to empower readers to be more critical consumers of information about relationships.

Содержание

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 • Conceptualizing Relational Communication: Definitions and Principles

The Field of Personal Relationships: A Brief History

Relationships

Principles of Interpersonal Communication

Principles of Relational Communication

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 2 • Communicating Identity: The Social Self

The Development of Personal Identity

Principles of Identity Management

Communicating Identity to Others

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 3 • Drawing People Together: Forces of Social Attraction

Attraction

A Framework for Understanding Attraction

Personal Qualities

Other People’s Qualities

Qualities of the Pair

Qualities of the Physical or Social Environment

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 4 • Making Sense of Our World: Managing Uncertainty and Expectancy Violations

What Is Uncertainty?

Uncertainty Reduction Theory

Secret Tests

Predicted Outcome Value Theory

The Theory of Motivated Information Management

Relational Turbulence Theory

Expectancy Violations

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 5 • Changing Relationships: Stages, Turning Points, and Dialectics

Communication Skills

Relationship Stages

Turning Points

Relational Dialectics

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 6 • Revealing and Hiding Ourselves: Self-Disclosure and Privacy

Self-Disclosure

Privacy

Topic Avoidance and Secret Keeping

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 7 • Communicating Closeness: Affection, Immediacy, and Social Support

Closeness in Relationships

Affectionate Communication

Immediacy Behavior

Cognitive Valence Theory

Supportive Communication

Sex Differences in the Experience and Expression of Closeness

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 8 • Making a Love Connection: Styles of Love and Attachment

What Is Love?

Love Styles

Attachment Theory

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 9 • Communicating Sexually: The Closest Physical Encounter

Sexual Attitudes

Casual Sex

Sex in Relationships

Communication About Sex

Safe Sex

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 10 • Staying Close: Maintaining Relationships

Defining Relational Maintenance

Behaviors Used to Maintain Relationships

Maintenance Behavior in Romantic Relationships

Maintenance Behavior in Same-Sex Friendships

Maintenance Behavior in Cross-Sex Friendships

Maintenance Challenges in Other Relationships

Equity Theory

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 11 • Coping With Conflict: When Relational Partners Disagree

Conflict in Relationships

Conflict Styles

Patterns of Conflict Interaction

Attributions During Conflict

Communication Skill Deficits

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 12 • Influencing Each Other: Dominance and Power Plays in Relationships

Defining Power and Related Terms

Power Principles

Interpersonal Influence Goals

Verbal Power Ploys

Nonverbal Positions of Power

Traditional Versus Egalitarian Marriages

Culture, Equality, and Power

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 13 • Hurting the Ones We Love: Relational Transgressions

Hurt Feelings in Relationships

Deception

Infidelity

Jealousy

Unrequited Love

Obsessive Relational Intrusion

Relational Violence

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 14 • Healing the Hurt: Relationship Repair and Reconciliation

The Investment Model of Relationship-Maintaining Behavior

The Model of Accommodation

Remedial Strategies

Forgiveness

Relational Reconciliation

On-Again Off-Again Relationships

Relational Redefinition: Can We Still Be Friends?

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 15 • Ending Relationships: Disengagement and Termination

Why Relationships End

Communication as a Cause of Breakups

The Disengagement Process

The Many Ways to Leave Your Partner

The Bad and the Good of Relationship Endings

Summary and Application

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Glossary

References

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Authors

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Walid A. Afifi (Ph D, University of Arizona) is professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he teaches interpersonal communication, relational communication, nonverbal communication, and social marketing. His research revolves around people’s experience of uncertainty and their decisions to seek or avoid information in relational contexts.