The authors draw on findings from their own research on sexual and romantic attraction, as well as on an extensive review of the relevant social, behavioural and medical literature.
The authors draw on findings from their own research on sexual and romantic attraction, as well as on an extensive review of the relevant social, beha...
A topic relevant to everyone - friendship - is explored in this volume, the first in the "SAGE Series on Close Relationships." It presents a thoughtful statement about what we know, and have yet to learn, concerning adults' friendships.
The authors discuss state-of-the-art research on the interplay between social structure, individual disposition and dynamic processes of friendship, and findings on both similarities and differences across adult lifecourse stages. They provide a theoretical framework, incorporating both sociological and psychological perspectives. Using this framework, they...
A topic relevant to everyone - friendship - is explored in this volume, the first in the "SAGE Series on Close Relationships." It presents a thoughtfu...
'I found this both remarkably informative (the book provides an excellent synthesis of current literature on child abuse research) and liberating when thinking about past and present clients. Briere has a special talent for making sense of the internal experience of child abuse survivors...An excellent book which should be on the bookshelf of counsellors or therapists working with adolescents or adults' - Counselling and Psychotherapy, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychothreapy This volume considers the unique and overlapping long-term effects of all major forms...
'I found this both remarkably informative (the book provides an excellent synthesis of current literature on child abuse research) and liberating when...
Self-disclosure is a major factor in the development, maintenance and deterioration of a relationship. This volume explores how individuals negotiate with their relationship partners: what, where, when and how they communicate personal feelings and thoughts.
Among the issues examined are: how close relationships and self-disclosure are mutually transformative; how subcultural differences between men and women influence self-disclosure in relationships; how the vulnerability and risk associated with disclosing personal information leads partners to be concerned about privacy regulation; and...
Self-disclosure is a major factor in the development, maintenance and deterioration of a relationship. This volume explores how individuals negotiate ...
This sensitive yet practical book explores challenges to adult close relationships that result from long-term illness and disability. The authors focus on illness and: relationship change; interpersonal supports and stressors; and relationship-focused coping.
This sensitive yet practical book explores challenges to adult close relationships that result from long-term illness and disability. The authors focu...
Gaining face, maintaining face and losing face all have numerous implications in the management of close relationships. This thorough review of research focuses on self-presentational aspects of communication in intimate relationships - facework'.
The authors make a compelling case for facework as fundamental to any stage of a relationship, and in a clear and humorous manner offer insight into how to deal with problematic situations occurring in close relationships.
Gaining face, maintaining face and losing face all have numerous implications in the management of close relationships. This thorough review of resear...
Social support is vital in long-term relationships of couples. This volume provides a rich understanding of this support system. Following an overview of definitions and conceptualizations of social support, Cutrona explores everyday acts that communicate caring and concern in dyads, discussing such issues as: gender-related differences; the interplay between supportive and destructive interactions; and high stress levels experienced during chronic illness. She also suggests specific techniques for therapists to use when assisting couples who want to increase the quality and frequency of...
Social support is vital in long-term relationships of couples. This volume provides a rich understanding of this support system. Following an overview...
The editor of this volume asserts that sociology's ostrich-like stance threatens to leave the discipline in a position of irrelevance to the world at large and compromises the support of policymakers, funders, media and the public. Wilson's vision is of a sociology attuned to the public agenda, influencing public policy through both short and long-range analysis from a sociological perspective. Using a variety of policy issues, perspectives, methods and cases, the distinguished contibutors to this volume both demonstrate and emphasize Wilson's ideas.
The editor of this volume asserts that sociology's ostrich-like stance threatens to leave the discipline in a position of irrelevance to the world at ...
Redefines management integrity in the public and private sectors, integrating the latest theoretical work in both descriptive and normative ethics and incorporating legal, communication, quality, and organizational theories into a conceptual framework for handling moral complexity at work. Examines
Redefines management integrity in the public and private sectors, integrating the latest theoretical work in both descriptive and normative ethics and...
