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Communicating Affection: Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context
Kory Floyd
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Description for Communicating Affection: Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context
hardcover. Explores how and why people express affection, the many positive effects it can have, and the risks it often carries. Series Editor(s): Reis, Harry T.; Fitzpatrick, Mary Anne; Vangelista, Anita. Series: Advances in Personal Relationships. Num Pages: 234 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Few behavioral processes are more central to the development and maintenance of intimate relationships than the communication of affection. Indeed, affectionate expressions often initiate and accelerate relational development. By contrast, their absence in established relationships frequently coincides with relational deterioration. This text explores the scientific research on affection exchange to emerge from the disciplines of communication, social psychology, family studies, psychophysiology, anthropology, and nursing. Specific foci include the individual and relational benefits (including health benefits) of affectionate behavior, as well as the significant risks often associated with expressing affection. A new, comprehensive theory of human affection exchange is offered, and ... Read more
Few behavioral processes are more central to the development and maintenance of intimate relationships than the communication of affection. Indeed, affectionate expressions often initiate and accelerate relational development. By contrast, their absence in established relationships frequently coincides with relational deterioration. This text explores the scientific research on affection exchange to emerge from the disciplines of communication, social psychology, family studies, psychophysiology, anthropology, and nursing. Specific foci include the individual and relational benefits (including health benefits) of affectionate behavior, as well as the significant risks often associated with expressing affection. A new, comprehensive theory of human affection exchange is offered, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Personal Relationships
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521832052
SKU
V9780521832052
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About Kory Floyd
Kory Floyd is associate professor and director of graduate MA studies in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Arizona (1998), an M.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Washington (1994), and a B.A. in English Literature from Western Washington University (1991). He has authored ... Read more
Reviews for Communicating Affection: Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context
"This book will be a valuable resource for those in communication, psychology, sociology, and family studies, and a useful reference for practitioners in counseling and family therapy...Essential." Choice