The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107130263 ISBN 13: 9781107130265

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

With the field of personal relationships having grown dramatically in the past quarter century, The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships, Second Edition serves as a benchmark of the current state of scholarship, synthesizing the extant theoretical and empirical literature, tracing its historical roots, and making recommendations for future directions. Written by internationally known experts from key disciplines, the Handbook addresses both fundamental questions and cutting-edge concerns. This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in analytical techniques, shifts in theoretical emphases, and an increased attention to social processes. New chapters include the Neuroscience of Salutary Close Relationships; Self-Disclosure in Relationships; Acceptance, Rejection, and the Quest for Relational Value; Relationships and Physical Health; Personal Relationships and Technology in the Digital Age; and Promoting Healthy Relationships. This compendium of state-of-the-art research and theory on personal relationships will be of great value to researchers, graduate students, and practitioners.

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Book Description

With the field of personal relationships having grown dramatically in the past quarter century, The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships serves as a benchmark of the current state of scholarship, synthesizing the extant theoretical and empirical literature, tracing its historical roots, and making recommendations for future directions.

About the Author

Anita L. Vangelisti is the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Professor of Communication at the University of Texas, Austin. She was co-editor of the Cambridge University Press book series on Advances in Personal Relationships and has served on the editorial boards of over a dozen scholarly journals. Vangelisti served as President and is a Fellow of the International Association for Relationship Research and is a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1107130263
• ISBN 13: 9781107130265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 596
• Editor: Vangelisti Anita L., Perlman Daniel