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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    02 December 2009
    08 May 2006
    ISBN:
    9780511606649
    9780521832052
    9780521731744
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511606649
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.465kg, 234 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.33kg, 238 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social Psychology, Sociology: General Interest, Psychology, Psychology: General Interest, Cognition
    Series:
    Advances in Personal Relationships
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    Subjects:
    Social Psychology, Sociology: General Interest, Psychology, Psychology: General Interest, Cognition
    Series:
    Advances in Personal Relationships
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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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    "This book will be a valuable resource for those in communication, psychology, sociology, and family studies, and a useful reference for practitioners in counseling and family therapy...Essential."
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