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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816414203321

Autore

Stafford Laura

Titolo

Maintaining long-distance and cross-residential relationships / / Laura Stafford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-135-60797-4

1-282-32278-8

9786612322785

1-4106-1151-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Interpersonal relations

Long-distance relationships

Separation (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-140) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Rationale, Definitions, and Assumptions; 3 Theoretical Orientations; 4 Long-Distance Dating Relationships; 5 Adult Romantic Relationships; 6 Young Children and Parents; 7 Across Generations: Adult Children, Parents, and Grandparents; 8 Peer Relationships: Siblings and Friends; 9 Computer-Mediated LDRs; 10 Propositions, Implications, Limitations, and Lacunae; 11 Toward an Expanded Vision of Relational Maintenance; Epilogue; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This thought-provoking volume offers an innovative and intriguing approach to the study of long-distance relationships. Author Laura Stafford examines romantic long-distance relationships and then expands the conception of long-distance relationships to include other relational types. She summarizes literature across the social sciences on various types of long-distance relationships and extracts themes and patterns across the relational types. In so doing, she reconsiders approaches to and offers an expanded vision of relational maintenance.By expanding her scope beyond romantic relat