Communicating Affection : Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context Hardback
by Kory (Arizona State University) Floyd
Part of the Advances in Personal Relationships series
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:234 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:08/05/2006
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- ISBN:9780521832052
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:234 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:08/05/2006
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- ISBN:9780521832052