Maintaining long-distance and cross-residential relationships [[electronic resource] /] / Laura Stafford

• Autore: Stafford Laura
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 302
• Soggetto topico: Interpersonal relations; Long-distance relationships; Separation (Psychology)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Maintaining long-distance and cross-residential relationships
• ISBN: 1-135-60797-4; 1-282-32278-8; 9786612322785; 1-4106-1151-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816414203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: LEA's communication series.