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| Conceptualizing Relational Communication: Definitions and Principles | |
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| The Field of Personal Relationships: A Brief History | |
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| Relationships | |
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| Principles of Interpersonal Communication | |
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| Principles of Relational Communication | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Communicating Identity: The Social Self | |
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| The Development Personal Identity | |
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| Principles of Identity Management | |
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| Communicating Identity to Others | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Drawing People Together: Forces of Social Attraction Defining Attraction | |
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| A Framework for Understanding Attraction | |
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| Personal Variables Related to Attraction | |
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| Other People's Qualities | |
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| Interpersonal Chemistry Between People | |
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| Environmental Features Related to Attraction | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Making Sense of Our World: Managing Uncertainty | |
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| Defining Uncertainty | |
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| How do People Manage Uncertainty? | |
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| Does Having More Information Always Reduce Uncertainty? | |
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| Models of Uncertainty in Relationships | |
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| Application and Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Getting Closer: Initiating and Intensifying Relationships | |
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| How People Form and Develop New Relationships | |
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| Self-Disclosure | |
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| Stages of Relationship Development | |
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| First Dates and Cohabitation | |
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| The Turning Point Approach | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Communicating Closeness: Affection, Immediacy, and Social Support | |
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| Closeness in Relationships | |
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| Affectionate Communication | |
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| Affectionate Exchange Theory | |
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| Immediacy Behaviors | |
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| Cognitive Valence Theory | |
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| Comfort and Social Support | |
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| Sex Differences in the Experience and Expression of Closeness | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Making a Love Connection Styles of Love and Attachment | |
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| What is Love? | |
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| Love Styles | |
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| Attachment Theory | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Communicating Sexually: The Closest Physical Encounter | |
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| Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors | |
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| Communication Patterns | |
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| Sexual Coercion and Harassment | |
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| Sexual Satisfaction: Misconceptions and Realities | |
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| Communication and Safe Sex | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Staying Close: Maintaining Relationships | |
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| Defining Relational Maintenance | |
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| Behaviors Used to Maintain Relationships | |
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| Maintenance Behavior in Romantic Relationships | |
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| Maintenance Behavior in Same-Sex Friendships | |
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| Maintenance Behavior in Cross-Sex Friendships | |
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| Maintenance Behavior in Friends with Benefits Relationships | |
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| Maintenance Behavior in Long-Distance Relationships | |
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| The Dialectical Perspective | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Exchanging Rewards and Costs: Interdependence and Equity in Relationships | |
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| Interdependence Theory | |
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| The Investment Model | |
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| Equity Theory | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Influencing Each Other: Power Plays and Dominance Moves | |
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| Defining Power and Related Terms | |
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| Power Principles | |
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| Interpersonal Influence Goals | |
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| Verbal Power Ploys | |
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| Nonverbal Positions of Power | |
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| Power and Influence in Families | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Getting Too Close for Comfort: Privacy and Secrets in Relationships | |
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| Communication Privacy Management Theory | |
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| Negotiating Privacy Boundaries in Relationships | |
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| Obsessive Relational Intrusion | |
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| Topic Avoidance and Secret Keeping | |
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| Consequences of Topic Avoidance | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Hurting the Ones We Love: Relational Transgressions | |
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| Hurt Feelings in Relationships | |
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| Infidelity | |
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| Jealousy | |
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| Deception | |
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| Hurtful Messages | |
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| The Aftermath of Hurtful Events | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Coping with Conflict: When Relational Partners Disagree | |
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| Conflict in Relationships | |
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| Conflict Styles | |
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| Patterns of Conflict Interaction | |
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| Explanations for Conflict Patterns | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Ending Relationships: Disengagement and Termination | |
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| Why Relationships End | |
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| Communication as a Cause of Relational Breakup | |
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| Models of the Disengagement Process | |
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| Fifteen Ways to Leave Your Partner | |
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| Outcomes: The Results of Relationship Endings | |
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| Summary and Application | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| References | |