Relational Communication: An Interactional Perspective to the Study of Process and Form brings together in one volume a full treatment of the relational communication perspective on the study of relationships. This perspective takes to heart the formative nature of communication by focusing on the codefined patterns of interaction by which members jointly create their relationship.This book provides a strong theoretical foundation to the research approach and also offers a step-by-step guide for carrying out the research procedures. It is a complete guide for the beginner or experienced researcher. The contributed chapters are written by researchers from psychology, clinical psychology, marital and family therapy, as well as marital, health, and organizational communication. Several of the studies on marital interaction are based on both American and Spanish research samples, offering a cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural application of the perspective.Part I opens with a discussion of the theoretical foundation and epistemological grounding of the perspective and then moves on to the observational research methods involved in applying the perspective's interactional approach. Part II presents a set of programmatic research exemplars that describe the application of the relational communication approach in different relational contexts, from marital to organizational settings. Part III offers a reflective overview of the research perspective.This book is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, and researchers in communication. It will also be of interest to professionals, students, teachers and researchers in the fields of marital relations and family study, social and clinical psychology, family therapy, social work, and marital and family counseling programs.
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The relational communication approach in a sole and unique book: theory, procedures, main research lines and contexts, and future directions described in a coodinated and comprehensive way.
Contents: S. Duck, Series Foreword. J.B. Bavelas, Foreword. Preface. Part I:Relational Communication Perspective.L.E. Rogers, V. Escudero, Theoretical Foundations. V. Escudero, L.E. Rogers, Observing Relational Communication. V. Escudero, L.E. Rogers, Analyzing Relational Communication. Part II:Relational Communication Research Contexts.L.E. Rogers, V. Escudero, Relational Communication Patterns in Marital Interaction. L. Heatherington, M.L. Friedlander, From Dyads to Triads, and Beyond: Relational Control in Individual and Family Therapy. J.L. Rodríguez-Arias, Relational Research in Brief Family Therapy: Clinical Implications. A.K. Wuerker, Expressed Emotion and Interpersonal Control in Families of Persons With Mental Illness. D.W. Cecil, M.M. von Friederichs-Fitzwater, Relational Control in Physician-Patient Interaction. G.T. Fairhurst, Organizational Relational Control Research: Problems and Possibilities. Part III:Reflections on the Relational Perspective.L.E. Rogers, V. Escudero, Overview and Future Directions.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415761642
Publisert
2015-04-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
385 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

Biographical note

Edited by Rogers, L. Edna; Escudero, Valent¡n