Communicating Affection

副标题: Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context (Advances in Personal Relationships)

ISBN: 9780521731744

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 2008-05-26

页数: 240

定价: USD 24.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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 its merits relative to existing theories are explored.