Perspectives on marital interaction

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Perspectives on marital interaction

edited by Patricia Noller and Mary Anne Fitzpatrick

（Monographs in social psychology of language, 1）

Multilingual Matters, c1988

  • : pbk

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This book brings together a distinguished group of international scholars involved in research on marital interaction. Not only is the list of contributors international but it is also interdisciplinary involving scholars from social psychology, clinical psychology and communications. The book is divided into four main sections. Each section discusses marital communication in a different context: a) Communication as the means by which couples manage their everyday lives; b) Communication and the expression of emotion; c) Communication and problem-solving; and d) Communication and coping with relationships outside the marriage. Although each chapter provides an excellent review of the relevant literature, each author also focuses on the presentation and discussion of new data. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of sex differences in interaction patterns. There is an emphasis on the application of the theoretical and empirical advances in the area of marital interaction research to counselling couples in distress and to improving programmes of communication training. Overview chapters integrate the variety of material and make the book a useful handbook designed to acquaint both the researcher and the practitioner with the developments at the cutting edge of this exciting and important field.

Table of Contents

Mary Anne Fitzpatrick: Approaches to Marital Interaction, Part 1 Communication as a Means by which we Manage our Everyday Lives as Married People Andrew Christensen: Dysfunctional Interaction Patterns in Couples Patricia Noller and Cynthia Gallois: Understanding and Misunderstanding in Marriage - Sex and Marital Adjustment Differences in Structured and Free Interaction Frank E. Millar and L. Edna Rogers: Power Dynamics in Marital Relationships Mary Anne Fitzpatrick: A Typological Approach to Marital Interaction Part 2 Communication of Emotion Diane M. Guthrie and Conrad Wesley Snyder Jr: Spouses' Self-Evaluation for Situations Involving Emotional Communication Diane M. Guthrie and P. Noller: Spouses' Perceptions of one Another in Emotional Situations John M. Gottman and Robert W. Levenson: The Social Psychophysiology of Marriage Part 3 Problem Solving Cas Schaap et al: Marital Conflict Resolution Mary Anne Fitzpatrick: Negotiation, Problem-Solving and Conflict in Various Types of Marriages Part 4 Coping with Other Relationships Kathryn Dindia: Communications with Spouses and Others Fran Dickson-Markman and Howard J. Markman: The Effects of Others on Marriage - Do They Hurt or Help? Patricia Noller: Overview and Implications

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