Kelley Marital Communication

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7456-8080-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Key Themes in Family Communication

Marital Communication provides insight into healthyrelationships for those who want to better understand keycommunication processes between long-term, committed, romanticpartners. Writing with students, teachers, researchers,practitioners, and couples in mind, this book uses marriage as aproving ground to understand the processes necessary to build andmaintain positive romantic relationships.
Marital Communication develops the idea that marriage is adistinctive communication context (long-term, romantic, andcommitted) that uniquely influences various relationship processes.It focuses on three essential elements needed for healthy maritalfunctioning: positive everyday communication, intimacy and love,and productive conflict management. The book finishes by describinghow these essential elements change across the life-span, byexamining marriage's dark side, and by focusing on the use offorgiveness to ensure a healthy longevity.
Soundly documented with current research and written in a manneraccessible to student and researcher alike, MaritalCommunication is an ideal supplement for current coursesfocusing on family communication, interpersonal and relationalcommunication, and conflict. It is also an excellent, resource forthe relationship professional.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelley, Douglas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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