Marital Communication

Marital Communication provides insight into healthy
relationships for those who want to better understand key
communication processes between long-term, committed, romantic
partners. Writing with students, teachers, researchers,
practitioners, and couples in mind, this book uses marriage as a
proving ground to understand the processes necessary to build and
maintain positive romantic relationships.

Marital Communication develops the idea that marriage is a
distinctive communication context (long-term, romantic, and
committed) that uniquely influences various relationship processes.
It focuses on three essential elements needed for healthy marital
functioning: positive everyday communication, intimacy and love,
and productive conflict management. The book finishes by describing
how these essential elements change across the life-span, by
examining marriage's dark side, and by focusing on the use of
forgiveness to ensure a healthy longevity.

Soundly documented with current research and written in a manner
accessible to student and researcher alike, Marital
Communication is an ideal supplement for current courses
focusing on family communication, interpersonal and relational
communication, and conflict. It is also an excellent, resource for
the relationship professional.

Autorentext
Douglas L. Kelley is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University.

Zusammenfassung
Marital Communication provides insight into healthy relationships for those who want to better understand key communication processes between long-term, committed, romantic partners. Writing with students, teachers, researchers, practitioners, and couples in mind, this book uses marriage as a proving ground to understand the processes necessary to build and maintain positive romantic relationships.

Marital Communication develops the idea that marriage is a distinctive communication context (long-term, romantic, and committed) that uniquely influences various relationship processes. It focuses on three essential elements needed for healthy marital functioning: positive everyday communication, intimacy and love, and productive conflict management. The book finishes by describing how these essential elements change across the life-span, by examining marriage's dark side, and by focusing on the use of forgiveness to ensure a healthy longevity.

Soundly documented with current research and written in a manner accessible to student and researcher alike, Marital Communication is an ideal supplement for current courses focusing on family communication, interpersonal and relational communication, and conflict. It is also an excellent, resource for the relationship professional.

Inhalt
1: The Uniqueness of Marital Communication 2: Living and Working Together

3: Closeness: Achieving Intimacy and Love in Marriage

4: Close Conflict

5: Couple Communication Across the Life Cycle

6: Destructive and Restorative Marital Processes

References

Index