Interpersonal Processes
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Rethinking Body Language
How Hand Movements Reveal Hidden Thoughts
In this new edition of the highly successful Visible Thought, Geoffrey Beattie revisits the question of what our everyday gestures mean and how they affect our relationships with other people. With a unique blend of popular examples and scientific research, and presented in language that everybody...
To Be Published January 9th 2014 by Psychology Press
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Cyberpsychology and New Media
A thematic reader
Cyberpsychology is the study of human interactions with the internet, mobile computing and telephony, games consoles, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and other contemporary electronic technologies. The field has grown substantially over the past few years and this book surveys how...
To Be Published September 9th 2013 by Psychology Press
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The Dark Side of Relationship Pursuit
From Attraction to Obsession and Stalking, 2nd Edition
Authors William R. Cupach and Brian H. Spitzberg synthesize the expanding multidisciplinary base of knowledge about obsessive relational intrusion (ORI) and stalking, presenting a comprehensive scholarly consideration of these behaviors. Their inclusive approach is reflected in the breadth of...
To Be Published July 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Sexual Selection Under Parental Choice
The Evolution of Human Mating Behavior
Parents often disagree with their children over their choice of partner. Although the reasons may vary the outcome is very often one of conflict – a conflict peculiar to the human species. For the first time in one volume, Sexual Selection under Parental Choice employs an evolutionary perspective...
To Be Published July 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
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The Developmental Course of Romantic Relationships
This multidisciplinary text highlights the development of romantic relationships, from initiation to commitment or demise, by highlighting the historical context, current research and theory, and diversity of patterns. Engagingly written with colorful examples, the authors examine the joy,...
Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
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Adolescent Romantic Relations and Sexual Behavior
Theory, Research, and Practical Implications
Developmental and clinical researchers have only just discovered the phenomenon of adolescent romance as a topic of serious scientific inquiry. This discovery may be related to the overwhelming evidence that adult romantic relationships are failing at alarming rates. Dramatic increases in the rates...
Published April 30th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Interpersonal Sensitivity
Theory and Measurement
Interpersonal sensitivity refers to the accuracy and/or appropriateness of perceptions, judgments, and responses we have with respect to one another. It is relevant to nearly all aspects of social relations and has long been studied by social, personality, and clinical psychologists. Until now,...
Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
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The Social Psychology of Aggression
2nd Edition
Series: Social Psychology: A Modular Course
The second edition of this textbook provides a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded overview of social psychological research on aggression. The first part of the book covers the definition and measurement of aggression, presents major theories and examines the development of aggression. It...
Published January 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
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Strategic Interpersonal Communication
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This book discusses how people go about achieving their social goals through human symbolic interaction. The editors' collective presumption is that there are more or less typical ways that people attempt to obtain desired outcomes -- be they persuasive, informative, conflictive, or the like --...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Arguing
Exchanging Reasons Face to Face
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Arguing: Exchanging Reasons Face to Face describes the process and products of face-to-face argument. Author Dale Hample presents arguing as a type of interpersonal interaction, rather than as a kind of text or a feature of a public speech. He focuses primarily on argument production, and explores...
Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
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Strategic Conflict
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Strategic Conflict offers a research-based, accessible analysis of how people can manage conflict productively. Moving beyond the basics of conflict, it examines interpersonal situations in which conflict occurs and promotes strategic communicative responses based on the latest theoretical research...
Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge
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The Science of the Couple
The Ontario Symposium Volume 12
Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series
Although love and relationships have been focal points for poets and philosophers for thousands of years, these topics had not traditionally been the focus of empirical research. As a result, very little was known about how couples maintained happiness and satisfaction in their relationships, or...
Published February 14th 2012 by Psychology Press
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Close Relationships
This multidisciplinary text introduces the concepts, methodologies, theories, and empirical findings of the field of interpersonal relationships. Information is drawn from psychology, communication, family studies, marriage and family therapy, social work, sociology, anthropology, the health...
Published January 5th 2011 by Routledge
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The Dark Side of Close Relationships II
The Dark Side of Close Relationships II is a completely new and up-to-date version of the original volume published in 1998, featuring new topics and authors. The volume showcases cutting-edge work on important topics by prominent scholars in multiple disciplines. It sheds light on the paradoxical,...
Published August 29th 2010 by Routledge
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Skilled Interpersonal Communication
Research, Theory and Practice, 5th Edition
There is a fundamental, powerful, and universal desire amongst humans to interact with others. People have a deep-seated need to communicate, and the greater their ability in this regard the more satisfying and rewarding their lives will be. The contribution of skilled interpersonal communication...
Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge
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Arguments, Aggression, and Conflict
New Directions in Theory and Research
Arguments, Aggression, and Conflict provides a thorough examination of argumentative and aggressive communication. Editors Theodore A. Avtgis and Andrew S. Rancer bring together a score of prolific and informed authors to discuss aspects of the conceptualization and measurement of aggressive...
Published March 24th 2010 by Routledge