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Change Processes in Relationships A Relational-Historical Research Approach

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ISBN-10: 0521858801

ISBN-13: 9780521858809

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alan Fogel, Hui-Chin Hsu, Delisa West-Stroming, Andrea Garvey

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This work presents a relational-historical research method for analysing interpersonal relationships, based on advances in dynamic systems theory in developmental psychology. It believes that frequent observations within a particular case before, during and after a key developmental transition best shows the process.
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Book details

List price: $96.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/25/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Alan Fogel is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He is the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and has been a Fulbright fellow. He has been an active contributor to research on social and emotional development for the past 33 years. Read his "Body Sense" blog at Psychology Today.

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Overview of the research problem and summary of findings
Relationships as developing systems: theoretical foundations
Mother-infant relationship development in the first six months: from face-to-face play to object play
Relational-historical research on developmental change
Relational-historical research: the multiple case study approach, frame analysis, qualitative and quantitative analysis
Research propositions about relationship change processes
Research methods for the current investigation: subjects, procedures, and data analysis
Results of the current investigation: quantitative analysis of developmental changes in relationship frames and in infant actions
Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Richard and his mother
Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Betsy and her mother
Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Lewis and his mother
Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Susan and her mother
Summary of findings on relational-historical change
Epilogue: Laws of change: implications for theory and practice
References
Author index
Subject index