Close Encounters
Communication in Relationships
Sixth Edition
Laura K. Guerrero
- Arizona State University, USA
Peter A. Andersen
- San Diego State University, USA
Walid Afifi
- University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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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.
Contents
Preface
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
Glossary
References
References
Author Index
Author Index
Subject Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
About the Authors
Additional materials
Description
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.
Contents
Preface
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
Glossary
References
References
Author Index
Author Index
Subject Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
About the Authors
Additional materials
Reviews
Close Encounters
Communication in Relationships
January 2020 | 664 pages | Sage US
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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.
Table Of Contents:
- 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
Recent Product Reviews:
“Close Encounters is a great text for undergraduate students. The authors manage to balance breadth and depth; the book presents a variety of interpersonal topics and each topic is explored thoroughly, with relevant, up-to-date research.”
Christine K. Anzur, East Tennessee State University
“Close Encounters is a text that makes heavy theories easy to grasp yet pushes our students to greater lengths of critical examination of their interpersonal relationships.”
Anasheh Gharabighi, Moorpark College
“This book is an excellent resource for any learner interested in knowing more about the research, theories, and ideas studied by interpersonal communication scholars. Not only can students develop a solid foundation about the field from this text, but they can frequently refer back as they deepen their understanding.”
Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey, Stephen F. Austin State University
“This text engages relationship research and theorizing to illuminate the complex experiences embedded in close relationships.”
Colleen Warner Colaner, University of Missouri
“Close Encounters is a solid, well-written, and well-organized textbook for interpersonal communication.”
Zuoming Wang, University of North Texas