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Record Nr.

UNISA996218628103316

Autore

Fletcher Garth J. O

Titolo

The new science of intimate relationships [[electronic resource] /] / Garth Fletcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 2002

ISBN

1-281-31034-4

9786611310349

0-470-70274-5

0-470-77339-1

0-470-77519-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

158.2

302.34

Soggetti

Interpersonal relations

Intimacy (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. 291-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 The New Science of Intimate Relationships; Part I: Three Theoretical Planks; 2 The Intimate Relationship Mind: Theories about Theories about Theories; 3 The Origins of the Intimate Relationship Mind; 4 Love and Other Emotions in Intimate Relationships; Part II: The Development of Intimate Relationships; 5 Reading Minds and Personalities in Intimate Relationships; 6 Communication and Relationship Success; 7 Attachment and Intimacy; 8 Selecting Mates and Relationships; Part III: Sex and Violence; 9 Sex and Passion; 10 The Strange Case of Aggression in Intimate Relationships

Part IV: Conclusion11 Assembling the Intimate Relationship Mind; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on close relationships, this accessible study is one of the first to look seriously at what science can tell us about love, sex and friendship.