Change processes in relationships : a relational-historical research approach
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Change processes in relationships : a relational-historical research approach
Cambridge University Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-273) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Just as each person develops from infancy to adulthood, all interpersonal relationships have a life history that encompasses the changes in how people communicate with each other. This book is about how a relationship transforms itself from one pattern of communication to another. The authors present a unique research method called 'relational-historical research', based on advances in dynamic systems theory in developmental psychology, and qualitative methods in life history research. It rests on three premises: that the developing relationship (not the individual) is the unit of analysis; that change emerges from, but is not entirely constrained by, the patterns of the past; and that the developmental process is best revealed by making frequent observations within a particular case before, during, and after a key developmental transition. Looking specifically at the mother-infant relationship, this is a compelling piece of research that will appeal to an international audience of intellectuals and practitioners.
Table of Contents
- Prologue: overview of the research problem and summary of findings
- 1. Relationships as developing systems: theoretical foundations
- 2. Mother-infant relationship development in the first six months: from face-to-face play to object play
- 3. Relational-historical research on development change
- 4. Relational-historical research: the case study approach, frame analysis, qualitative and quantitative analysis
- 5. Research propositions about relationship change process
- 6. Research methods for the current investigation: subjects, procedures, and data analysis
- 7. Results of the current investigation: quantitative analysis of developmental changes in relationship frames and in infant actions
- 8. Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Richard and his mother
- 9. Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Betsy and her mother
- 10. Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Lewis and his mother
- 11. Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Susan and her mother
- 12. Summary of finding on relational-historical change
- Epilogue: laws of change, implications for theory and practice.
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