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Dark Side of Close Relationships II

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ISBN-10: 0415804582

ISBN-13: 9780415804585

Edition: 2011

Authors: William R. Cupach, Brian H. Spitzberg

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The Dark Side of Close Relationships II is a completely new and up-to-date version of the original volume published in 1998, featuring new topics and authors. The volume showcases cutting-edge work on important topics by prominent scholars in multiple disciplines. It sheds light on the paradoxical, dialectical, and mystifying facets of human interaction, not merely to elucidate dysfunctional relationship phenomena, but to help readers explore and understand it in relation to a broader understanding about relationships. As previous Dark Side investigations have revealed, negative or dysfunctional outcomes can occur in relationships even though positive and functional ones are expected, and…    
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Book details

List price: $68.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 10/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Seyom Brown is the Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation at Brandeis University and an Affiliate of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. He has held senior research positions with the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the RAND Corporation. He is a widely published author in the fields of international relations and United States foreign policy.

Preface
Notes on Contributors
Overview of the Dark Side of Relationships Research
May-December Paradoxes: An Exploration of Age-Cap Relationships in Western Society
Fairytales and Tragedies: Narratively Making Sense of the Dark Side (and the Dark Side of Making Sense) of Personal Relationships
Dark Sides of Computer-Mediated Communication
Internet Matching Services: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Disguised as Attractive)
Affectionate Communication is Good, Except When it Isn't: On the Dark Side of Expressing Affection
Infidelity: When, Where, Why
Relational Turbulence: What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
In-Laws or Outlaws: The Dark and the Bright in In-Law Relationships
Dark Clouds with Silver Linings: The (Dys)Functional Ambivalence of Stepfamily Relationships
Women's Relationships with Incarcerated Men
The Meaning of Girls' Social Aggression: Nasty or Mastery?
Intimate Partner Violence and Aggression: Seeing the Light in a Dark Place
Narcissism and Relationships: From Light to Dark
Living Single: Lightening Up those Dark, Dopey Myths
Index