| Relating Difficulty: The Processes of Constructing and Managing Difficult Interaction Contributor(s): Kirkpatrick, D. Charles (Editor), Duck, Steven (Editor), Foley, Megan K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805854126 ISBN-13: 9780805854121 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: This volume offers an examination of "difficult" relationships--ranging from interpersonal to situational--and extends the discussion to the "dark side" of relationships. For scholars/students in relationships, communication, social psychology, sociology |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Interpersonal Relations - Psychology | Social Psychology - Family & Relationships |
| Dewey: 158.2 |
| LCCN: 2005053042 |
| Series: Lea's Series on Personal Relationships |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.08" W x 8.98" (0.81 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Relating Difficulty offers insight into the nature of difficulty in relationships across a broad range of human experience. Whether dealing with in-laws or ex-spouses, long-distance relationships or power and status in the workplace, difficulty is an all too common feature of daily life. Relating Difficulty brings the academic understanding of relational processes to the everyday problems people face at home and at work. These essays represent a groundbreaking collection of the multidisciplinary conceptual and empirical work that currently exists on the topic. Along with issues such as chronic illness and money problems, contributors investigate contexts of relational difficulty ranging from everyday gossip, the workplace and shyness to more dangerous sexual "hookups" and partner abuse. Drawing on evidence presented in the volume, editors D. Charles Kirkpatrick, Steve Duck, and Megan K. Foley explain how relational problems do not emerge solely from individuals or even from the relationship itself. Instead, they arise from triangles of connection and negotiation between relational partners, contexts, and outsiders. The volume challenges the simple notion that relating difficulty is just about problems with difficult people and offers some genuinely novel insights into a familiar everyday experience. This exceptional volume is essential reading for practitioners, researchers and students of relationships across a wide range of disciplines as well as anyone wanting greater understanding of relational functioning in everyday life and at work. |