The Psychology of Intimacy - Hardcover

Prager, Karen J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157230006X ISBN 13: 9781572300064

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1995

Synopsis

Incorporating the most up-to-date literature in psychology, sociology, psychoanalysis, and communication, this book provides an exhaustive synthesis of theoretical, empirical, and clinical research on personal relationships. Prager explores the complex interconnections between intimacy and individual development, examining relationships from infancy to old age in their social, cultural, and gender contexts and constructing an innovative, multi-tiered model of intimate relating. The book also delves into the thoughts and emotions people experience when they behave intimately with each other, and asks how intimate relationships come to be satisfying, stable, and harmonious for the people involved. Highlighting provocative questions for future research, The Psychology of Intimacy is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on personal relationships, intimacy, and family psychology.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Social scientists and laypersons agree that intimacy promotes human well-being, and that its absence has deleterious effects. Until now, however, no one volume has integrated the vast body of interdisciplinary literatures on intimacy into a comprehensive study of the phenomenon. The Psychology of Intimacy, by Karen J. Prager, fills this crucial gap with an exhaustive synthesis of theoretical, empirical, and clinical research on personal relationships. This engaging work explores the complex interconnections between intimacy and individual development, and examines relationships from infancy to old age in their social, cultural, and gender contexts. Through its construction of an innovative, multitiered model of intimate relating. The Psychology of Intimacy offers unique insights to anyone who studies or treats close relationships.

About the Author:

(updated 2003)
Karen J. Prager, PhD, is currently Professor of Psychology and Program Head for Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 157230006X
• ISBN 13: 9781572300064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 367